Anybody would agree that you can never be considered a car fanatic if you don't have a fancy for motor sports. All car enthusiasts once dreamed in their lives to drive their very own cars in the racetrack.
Watching a race over the television is quite exciting and it' s hard to fully appreciate the game if you are not acquainted with the rules on the race. So it is quite important that before you watch a race, you need to read a little bit on the basic rules or you could have a friend who knows them to acquaint you a bit about it.
Aside from the rules in a car race, it is also important to remember the different signals an official waves during the race. These signals are very important because these signals tell the driver specific instructions that they may not receive during the entirety of the race.
These signals are what we conventionally see as
racing flags. Usually, it is the grand marshal of the race who waves it at the stand near the finish line. Sometimes when the road course is relatively unconventional, there are other officials stationed at strategic positions at the race track to communicate the signals to drivers who cannot see the main stand.
There are two types of
racing flags, the instruction and the status flags. Instruction flags signal each driver for an instruction. A black flag instructs a racer to proceed to the pit stop until further instructions because of a rule violation or car defects. A status flag on the other hand dictates the racer of the recent status of the race. A green flag represents the beginning or the restart of a race.
With those on mind, you'd be able to appreciate more the beauty of each car race.
by:
The Flagman
