somebody teach me flip turns :(

First, practice doing somersaults mid-lane as you swim.  Once you are good at that, do a somersault as you approach the wall.  Kick off on your back. 

If you don't drown, do a barrel roll to put yourself back in freestyle position.

As you progress, you will eventually be able to twist around and kick off in the right position.

One tip:  Don't breath for your last one or two strokes heading into the wall.

Flip turns, BTW, are great conditioning even if you are not doing pool races. 

BTW, what is an "indoor race."  Is there some place where they put pools inside of buildings?  Never heard of that in California.

Can't claim credit for the link...a post a few days ago had this in it and I bookmarked it.

http://www.goswim.tv/drilloftheweek_comments.php?id=979_0_20_0_C

It has a nice movie to go with it as well.  The only thing I can't really figure out is after I have flipped, when do I get in the turn - during the pushoff, during the turn, or after the pushoff is complete

aliengin - 2005-01-11 9:11 PM OK, I practiced tonight. But did somethng wrong somewhere. Flipped and turned and blow air through nose instead of going back, I continued same direction hit the wall head on

LOL! That's hilarious! I'd say just keep working on it. I think it makes for a fun thing to look forward to at the end of your workout. Since right now you're not all about speed, you can flip slowly, work on sighting the line at the bottom of the pool, pausing when you're back to horizontal, then opening up and pushing off. You'll have it in a matter of a few weeks (if not a few sessions)!