Nice stuff.
We had a flagger at Flemington Speedway when I was young who's name was Tex Enrite. He was a big part of the show.
Come main event time he'd get out of his flaggers stand and stand in the middle of the track as the cars did their parade lap and they would pass on either side of him at a pretty good clip. He'd start the race standing in the middle of the track and would sprint out of the way to the infield. He would just barely get out of the way and after the last car passed he would sprint across the track and be in his stand in time to wave the green when they came around. Flemington was the fastest 5/8 mile in the world and when them modifieds came in for the start they were going fast. One more thing I'll never see again.
Enjoy your races.