The countdown to the Indianapolis 500 is officially underway, and race fans are already bringing the energy. At a lively porch party kickoff event in Indianapolis, neighbors, friends, and racing ...

In racing, the checkered flag is the ultimate goal—making it there, and making it there before everyone else. Passing under that flag first is synonymous with sweet, sweet victory, but it wasn't ...

Florida is removing decorative crosswalks, including checkered-flag ones near Daytona International Speedway. News of the Daytona crosswalk follows the controversial removal of a rainbow crosswalk ...

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The checkered flag is an icon of racing. It decorates homes across Indiana in the month of May. But the two checkered flags that really matter will be in the hands of Aaron Likens on ...

When, where and how did the checkered flag come to be used at the end of racing events to indicate the winner and the end of the race? Some housekeeping first: People. People. People, people. Ever ...

F1 said the physical flag would stay around but that it wouldn't mean anything, and that if the checkered lights weren't on, the race wouldn't be over. The idea with computerized checkers was to give ...

Aaron Likens waved his first checkered racing flag when he was 3 years old. He’s never stopped — even 35 years later. Likens, a St. Louis resident, is now at the top of his profession, serving as the ...