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And once again, Gordon held on to take the checkered flag.

When the checkered flag falls, we'll really know who's best.

It took two hours and fifty minutes for the checkered flag to end the race.

"I think if we see the checkered flag, it will probably be a bonus."

There may be other problems to overcome before people in the region see their first checkered flag.

When the checkered flag fell at the end of the season, the team was fifth in points.

"It's gone from a standing start to the checkered flag," he added.

On the top of the trophy is a man waving a checkered flag.

He has also designed clothing based on checkered flags used in racing.

Was he cleaning crumbs or giving us the checkered flag?

And this time, a checkered flag would not do.

"We ran out of gas right after he took the checkered flag," Nelson said.

He took the checkered flag for the first time at Dover in his fourth start.

Find out why these powerful machines still came up shy of the checkered flag.

"With 30 laps left, you'd get your elbows up and race for the checkered flag."

After eight laps, the checkered flag snapped in the stands.

Allison, the second car in line, was given the checkered flag and declared the winner.

The two sniped at each other through the news media while Johnson was on his way to the checkered flag.

But the real checkered flag for the students is keeping their racing dreams alive.

The first driver to cross the finish line receives the checkered flag.

He took his final checkered flag finishing in 35th position.

But for sponsors, the winner is not necessarily the driver who takes the checkered flag.

Petty went on to lead a race high 108 laps by the time the checkered flag fell.

Stewart and Johnson nearly crashed after the checkered flag.

"Throw the checkered flag and get the hell out of here," he said, calling the race a joke.

They stayed that way right up until the chequered flag.

As the chequered flag fell everyone was on their final lap.

There is no standard design for the chequered flag.

However, defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running.

Drivers must take the chequered flag to score points.

And there was Paul, positioned on the grandstand, a chequered flag in his hand.

He finished, but finished last on a day when all 30 cars saw the chequered flag.

He was cruising to victory when his car began to run out of fuel three corners from the chequered flag.

This was the first time he had taken the chequered flag at racing speed this season.

Massa crossed the chequered flag and thought that he had won the championship.

At least he took the chequered flag this time but fourth place was not what he had been hoping for.

At the finish, Reid took the chequered flag with Menu half a second behind.

He maintained this position until the chequered flag.

He saw the chequered flag on three occasions with a highest finish of 12th place.

Some teams were preparing for a restart, but as the race had been stopped with a chequered flag only, this could not happen.

Below is our guide to what to do when the chequered flag is furled.

However he went on to take the chequered flag with a convincing victory over Michael Schumacher.

Suzuki finished sixth in the first race of the season at Phoenix, and thereafter never made the chequered flag again.

For example, some software installation programs display a chequered flag to indicate that a computer program has been installed successfully.

Doohan, who led from the first lap, finished 12 seconds clear at the chequered flag.

As the chequered flag fell for the winner, John Osborne lit a cigarette.

Three laps later Senna took the chequered flag.

Vettel took the chequered flag, extending his lead in the world championship to 58 points.

The chequered flag has become so well recognized that it is often used to indicate the conclusion of many things unrelated to auto racing.

Soccer legend Pelé was supposed to wave the chequered flag.