Who is your favorite flagman?

[TS3g]

This guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3A4uX7truc

[Josh Bayko]

Dave Farney

[Bob Hubbard]

The Track has to have 3 things IMO to make it all work ….. One is a good Loud speaker system …..Two a Good announcer to relate whats happening on the track ….. The Flagman to do his job while making it look fun to the fans ….

[WisWildManFan]

lol ahhhhh we need some racing don't we.........

Exactly my thought

[chubfrankfan]

I second Spanky Hall......love it when he waves 4 checkers at the same time.

[Krooser]

Duane Sweeney.

Flagged at Hales Corners Speedway for many years then went to work as the chief starter for the Indy 500.

He flagged from the track (Hales never did have a flagstand) and, if you ignored his flags, he'd run up to you while racing and slam his black flag on your roof... only one warning!

He also always said he wasn't a flag man. He was the "starter". Flagmen worked construction jobs.

[lazyifoto]

I wonder how long before tracks start using a big screen tv monitor . With that you can advertise and show interviews between races and while racing show lap numbers and flash the rundown during yellows . Qualification times....more and more.

[jog49]

That guy at the WoO World Finals at Charlotte that handles the sprint cars.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Doug Clark is the best in the business

I was going to say Doug Clark but Mr. RiffRaf beat me to it. I'm with you 100% RR76!

Haha CIRF. His boy Justin Clark isnt too shabby either.

Them would be my picks.

[rdcllk]

Florence had a line up man. A few years back
That was very entertaining

[4Barrel]

Flag Man Roy from Mountain Motor Speedway in Isom Kentucky!

[Clayton_Wetter]

This Guy!!!! lol Does he look familiar?

[JM15]

Danny Caile from EAMS. Flagged when I first started racing in 1988. i got mad about how the start of a race went and when I asked him why he let it go he said he couldn't talk to the tower because his radio only communicated with the girl that ran the popcorn machine.

[ddracing]

Swede Gilyard (not sure of spelling) at Fairbury back in the 60's. Used to stand in between the two rows of cars on the track, standing start and drop the flag. He did suffer some broken legs if I remember right.

[Zonks32x]

Duane Sweeney.

Flagged at Hales Corners Speedway for many years then went to work as the chief starter for the Indy 500.

He flagged from the track (Hales never did have a flagstand) and, if you ignored his flags, he'd run up to you while racing and slam his black flag on your roof... only one warning!

He also always said he wasn't a flag man. He was the "starter". Flagmen worked construction jobs.

Absolutely!!
You know the guy was special when there's a mosaic of him at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

I was a youg kid then, but I remember him flagging from the track at Hales. It was quite the sight and show. Man, I miss that place.

Only remnant left from Hales is the giant OAK tree that was in the parking lot between the track and Hiller Ford.

Now the only side by side racing on those grounds is in the Menards parking lot. At least they had the decency to erect a gate to pay homage to the speedway.