@Brad Fleming wrote:
Test,test,test
Excellent suggestion, there Brad 😉
I’d like to see two flags added at all tracks – a mechanical black or “meatball” flag and an oil flag.
The meatball is an orange dot on a black field. Used to alert the driver that there is a mechanical problem with the vehicle and the driver must exit the track asap. Ignoring a mechanical black flag results in immediate disqualification. The driver may return to competition as soon as the problem is fixed. Using this flag would have probably saved us some controversy on at least one or two occaisions this year.
An oil flag (yellow/red stripes) is used whenever caution is required due to a racing surface hazard such as oil (hence the name), but can also alert drivers to the presence of excessive gravel, hay, hard/soft parts, traffic cones, squashed rodents or reptiles, water, or anything that presents an immediate hazard on the racing surface. A yellow flag is currently used, but may not tell the driver enough to adequately prepare for what lies ahead.