{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Checkered Flag | type = studio | artist = Dick Dale | cover = Checkered Flagdickdale.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = 1963 | recorded = September 1963 | venue = | studio = | genre = Hot rod rock | length = | label = Capitol | producer = Jim Economides, Jim Monsour | prev_title = King of the Surf Guitar | prev_year = 1963 | next_title = Mr. Eliminator | next_year = 1964 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r34597}}</ref> | rev2 = | rev2Score = }} '''''Checkered Flag''''' is the third studio album by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, released in 1963. This was Dale's first entry into hot rod rock, which the Beach Boys, among others, were beginning to perform and record. Here, the style shifts somewhat and features slightly altered beats and some added sounds to give the impression of the energy of Hot-rodding (this is not always the case though). Dale's next album ''Mr. Eliminator'' is a follow-up to this, featuring more hot rod songs.
== Chart performance == The album debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated December 14, 1963, peaking at No. 106 during an eleven-week run on the chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1945–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 40 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/40/mode/2up | access-date = October 30, 2025}}</ref>
== Track listing == All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated. #"The Scavenger" (Gary S. Paxton, Paul Nuckles) – 1:54 #"Surf Buggy" – 2:07 #"Hot Rod Racer" (Eddie Daniels, Jerry Capehart) – 2:19 #"Mag Wheels" (Gary Usher, Richard Burns) – 1:58 #"Big Black Cad" (Gary Usher, Roger Christian) – 1:40 #"Ho-Dad Machine" – 2:06 #"Grudge Run" (Gary Paxton, Paul Nuckles) – 3:05 #"Motion" – 1:44 #"426–Super Stock" (Gary Usher, Roger Christian) – 1:52 #"The Wedge" – 2:01 #"It Will Grow on You" (Carol Connors, Marshall Howard Connors) – 1:33 #"Night Rider" – 1:47
==Personnel== *Guitar: Dick Dale, Art Munson *Bass: Bryan Dietz *Piano: Billy Barber, Lincoln Mayorga *Drums: Hal Blaine, Frank DeVito, Earl Palmer *Saxophone: Steve Douglas, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson<ref>{{cite web |title=Checkered Flag |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/checkered-flag-mw0000574245#credits |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
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Category:Dick Dale albums Category:1963 albums Category:Capitol Records albums