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Since NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt was killed in the season-opening Daytona 500, tributes to him have been popping up everywhere. Yesterday, flying over Victory Lane at the speedway was what I can only assume to be a Dale Earnhardt memorial flag. Normally when I watch the races I see a lot of Confederate battle flags, checkered flags, flags of race teams, and whichever state they happen to be racing in. While watching the Harrah's 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, I noticed an odd-looking flag. The current checkered flag design has been in The 76 logo was replaced by the Sunoco logo, and the nameĪnd date of the race were removed. The official fuel-provider of NASCAR, and the checkered flag was updated to Sunoco Winner's Checkered Flag (from 2004)īeginning with the 2004 NASCAR season, UNOCAL 76 was replaced by Sunoco as This example is from the 2001 Daytona 500. Since 76 supplies that fuel, and has done so for the last 40 years, 76 gets the honor of having their logo on the official checkered flag.Ī tradition has also developed in the past few years that the winner of each race is given a checkered flag featuring the 76 logo, the name of the race in orange above the logo, and the date of the race below the logo in orange. NASCAR mandates that all cars use the exact same fuel, making sure that no driver has an unfair advantage over the others. The checkered flag contains an orange circle with the numbers "76" in blue outlined in white, which is the official logo of 76 Gas, owned by UNOCAL, the official fuel-provider of NASCAR. Subsidiary organizations and racing series, as well as highlighting theĬhanges to any flags that are used during the races themselves. To focus on the flags that NASCAR uses to represent itself and its There is a real interest from the group in doing that.

Plan to delve into all of those countless flags and their variations, unless There are also flags that highlight a driver'sĪccomplishments, such as Cup Championships or specific races won. The driver's likeness, the driver's car number, the likeness of the driver'sĬar or sponsors. For example, there are multipleĭifferent flag designs sold to fans of specific drivers: flags that feature There is a myriad of different NASCAR and NASCAR-related flags out there,Īnd a great deal of them are novelty flags.

White Beginning last lap, or service vehicle on track.

Blue with Orange Stripe Car attempting to pass.

Yellow Drive with caution and maintain position.Green Start the race, or Re-start after a caution period.NASCAR uses the same flags as formula one with few exceptions Sunoco Winner's Checkered Flag (from 2004).