| If you have seen any of the professional | | | | 'pace car' to ensure the safety of the vehicle on |
| NASCAR racing sports events, you may be | | | | a hazardous track on the course of the race. The |
| wondering about the meaning of the different | | | | instances when a yellow flag is waved is during |
| flags used during the races. If you do not know | | | | accidents such as crashes, or other problems on |
| any better, you may think that there is only one | | | | the track like rain, or if there is a need for a tire |
| type of flag used to signify the start of the race, | | | | check, or if an object which can prove to be |
| which is the same flag used once the winning | | | | hazardous to the drivers is placed on the track. |
| driver first reaches the finish line. However, in | | | | NASCAR flags also take the black-and-white |
| professional racing scene such as the series of | | | | scenario. A white flag in a NASCAR race means |
| NASCAR events, there are several flags used | | | | that there is an official car in the racing circuit. |
| and each color and type of flag has a different | | | | However, it is more commonly used to indicate |
| meaning. If you want to be a certified NASCAR | | | | that there is only one more lap to go before the |
| fan, you should at least take the time to learn | | | | race is finished, and the white NASCAR flag is |
| about the meanings of the different NASCAR | | | | raced only once during the entire competition. On |
| flags used in a race. | | | | the other hand, a black flag means that a driver is |
| For NASCAR or the National Association for | | | | being sent to the 'pits'. This is a consequence of |
| Stock Car Auto Racing, the rules are as follows: | | | | not following or breaking the rules of the race. But |
| First, when a green NASCAR flag is waved, this | | | | a black NASCAR flag can also indicate that there |
| signals the beginning of the competition. It is also | | | | is a car which is currently in flame, or if there is a |
| used to signify that the race is resumed if there | | | | serious mechanical problem with the car's engine |
| is an interruption or a 'caution period' to tell the | | | | or body. There are other multi-colored flags aside |
| drivers that it is safe for them to resume position. | | | | from these, but the most important one is the |
| Another solid-colored NASCAR flag is the yellow | | | | checkered flag. Once you see a black-and-white |
| one, which is also called the 'caution flag'. Once a | | | | checkered flag waved at your vehicle, it means |
| professional NASCAR driver sees this, it means | | | | that the race is officially over and you have |
| that he needs slow down because there is a | | | | successfully raced your way towards the finish |
| hazard on the track. In cases where the yellow | | | | line. |
| flag is waved, the driver will be staying behind the | | | | |