from the flag stand

Yea I've done it. Real shitty job.

Your speling is worser than mine.

You may not be helping on the "stupid idiot flagger" crusade

I think most flaggers and carnies share the same gene pool. No offence though.

You're

He is a Hillbilly so it probably should be "Y'all or You all"....depends on what part of the hills he's from.

95 % of flaggers do an awesome job for little pay or thanks. I've done it and didn't love it. There have been some times where horrible crashes could have been avoided if the flagger had been doing a better job. It used to be common for National and Supercross promoters to bring in some guys from a random trail riding club who had barely been to a motocross race before and have never flagged at a local event.

In this instance, it is actually *your

Please don't create more problems with this tragic grammar misunderstanding around here.

I know the crew that handled flagging for our road racing club was invited to Laguna Seca and had their travel expenses and accommodations picked up to help with the flagging at the MotoGP races there years ago.

They were by far and away the most professional and SAFE flagging crew I've ever had the pleasure of racing with. They made our little club look like we actually knew what we were doing and it was great to see them get rewarded for it.

It's too bad that most MX tracks still treat flagging as an afterthought. Done right, it doesn't just increase safety. It makes the entire event look professionally run and reflects well on the track and everybody else involved.

And I was trying to mispell it but got it right,damn,

I've flagged the Glen Helen National a few times, and the USGP that was there a couple years ago. The times I did it the people running the flag crew were completely professional and serious as a heart attack. Plus it was made clear that they wanted "Racers" only, not practice riders or Johnny sand dune, just local guys who regularly race. Sometimes it was easy and sometimes it was hard work and stressful, depends what part of the track you get assigned to. You want to keep one eye on what's coming so you don't get run the fuck over, but your main focus is further down the track, so your head's going back and forth like a bobblehead, watch the corner, don't get run over, watch the corner, don't get run over, watch the corner. The sketchiest time I was at the takeoff off the big step up double that went from the main track to the rem side. It was a 100' plus jump and I was standing on a little flat spot carved into the side of the hill about a foot off the side of the track. So my main focus was watching them land from a hundred feet away and seeing if they went down or not. I was stressed out all day because if a guy went down I would have to throw the flag possibly on a guy who is 5th gear pinned committed to this huge fucking gap, if the timing is right I might cause a guy to come up short, so I had to be damn sure a guy was down or not throw it. Some guys came up short and bounced and got out of shape and almost went down but didn't, so you're watching for other flags going up or the guy cartwheeling from 100' away, while guys are launching 2 or 3 feet from you at mach speed. Good times ! I'll do it again but it's something you need to take serious, you're not there to watch the race or check out chicks or anything else but do your best to concentrate to help keep the riders safe. I had to throw the flag once in practice and that was it. Those guys are so talented they either made it, or rolled it. I did get a cool pic of Villo with a throwaway camera my kid tossed me after the race, and some cool T-shirts .

I've been racing and around MX for 35 years and have never flagged. But every now and then I think about giving it a try. It seems like it would be a fun day. Long but fun.