The only flag station I had trouble picking up was the one in the carousel. As a result, I wound up approaching that corner like it had a flag out on many occasions "just in case". No big deal, it really didn't bother me that much other than that I was probably confusing a lot of people behind me. I'd also try to sneak a peek at it as I was driving through the bus stop and onto the back-stretch... but that's a poor solution b/c there's a fair bit of driving and time that will elapse before you actually get around there.
I'm not sure what the rules for where a flag is displayed w/in the gazeebo are, but it -seemed- like when a flag was showing there, it was being stuck out towards the middle of the corner, such that you really couldn't even see it as you were coming down the straight that leads into it... especially when one of the workers in the station was standing behind the worker holding the flag.
If the flag was stuck out of the side of the gazeebo where you could see it coming down the straight before the carousel, I think it would've caught a lot less people off guard.
I'm not faulting the people doing the flagging there, heck, for all I know they were told to stick the flag out towards the middle of the corner vs. the entry.
I just personally -think- it makes more sense to stick it out the side for visibility well before corner entry. There may be a good reason it's not done that way (which is why I'm posting, to get a clarification if need be).
Not trying to sound like a whiner... no one on my team got a PUY, so we obviously could see the flags well enough.
Thanks to the flaggers for doing the work all weekend too!... I waved and 'thumbs-up'ed all of y'all on the cool-down lap after checkers, you make the race possible!
