| NASCAR Flags have been around as long as | | | | usually waved by a flagman on a platform |
| the sport of auto racing itself. Before | | | | at the start/finish line. Here is what |
| there were two-way radios in NASCAR race | | | | the different colored flags mean: |
| cars, the only method of communicating | | | | Green Flag: The green flag is used to |
| with drivers during the extremely loud | | | | signal the beginning of the race or a |
| racing action was with the use of | | | | race restart. Green means that the track |
| colored flags. These large, colorful | | | | is clear and the race cars may continue. |
| flags gain the attention of drivers and | | | | Yellow Flag: This Nascar flag is used to |
| are easy to see. | | | | signal an accident, debris on the track, |
| Almost every auto racing series uses the | | | | a mechanical failure or bad weather. The |
| same combination of flag colors. NASCAR | | | | yellow flag means that the track is not |
| drivers can see the status of the race | | | | clear. It signals drivers to slow down |
| by looking at the flag. Just as signal | | | | and hold their position. Drivers are |
| lights at a traffic intersection let | | | | allowed to group up behind the leader. A |
| drivers know what to do, flags | | | | yellow flag during a practice race means |
| communicate racing conditions to the | | | | the race cars should go to their pit |
| Nascar drivers. The NASCAR flags are | | | | stop immediately. |