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Word: flagman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...confusion, the flagman was waving the checkered flag at everybody. Clark apparently hadn't noticed McLaren, hadn't seen Hill stopped by the wayside. So he kept on going-anxious to find out what had happened to Gurney. Photographers commandeered a car and rushed after him. "Jimmy," they shouted. "You're wanted at the victor's stand!" "Who, me?" asked Clark. "What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: How to Win in Belgium By Not Really Coasting | 6/26/1964 | See Source »

...believe me," he said, "just test me"-and, sure enough, he banished Jim Hurtubise's leaky Novi on the 101st lap. But now, with Jones's Offy laying a coat of slippery oil all around the track, Fengler seemed not to notice. The flagman did: after Eddie Sachs skidded wildly on Lap 188 and smashed into the retaining wall, he grabbed a black flag and started to wave it at Jones. Fengler rushed up and told him to put it away. That set off an arm-waving argument between Agajanian and Chapman-in full view of everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Rhubarb at Indy | 6/7/1963 | See Source »

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