How do I make it that the race repeat by touching a starting line?

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Hello! I’ve been learning LUA in Roblox Education. When im learning loops and elseif, I got stuck in the optional challenge.
https://education.roblox.com/en-us/resources/intro-to-coding-coding-3-multiple-conditions-with-if-elseif-and-else

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The problem is that I think the raceActive boolean does change to true but the timer (while true loop) doesn’t work.
Here’s my code :

local timePassed = 0
local finishLine = script.Parent
local startL = game.Workspace.StartLine

-- Used to keep finish() and timer from repeating when race is over
local raceActive = true

-- Runs when the player touches the finish line and shows them an award
local function finish()
	raceActive = false	
	print("You finished in " .. timePassed)

	if timePassed <= 10 then
		print("You get a gold medal!")
	elseif timePassed > 10 and timePassed <= 20 then
		print("You get a silver medal!")
	elseif  timePassed > 20 and timePassed <= 30 then
		print("You get a bronze medal!")
	else
		print("Try again!")
	end	
end


-- Checks if a player touches the part when a race is active
local function partTouched(otherPart)
	local character = otherPart.Parent
	local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
	if humanoid and raceActive == true then
		finish()
	end
end

finishLine.Touched:Connect(partTouched)

local function star()
	raceActive = true
end

local function partTouched2(otherPart)
	local character = otherPart.Parent
	local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
	if humanoid and raceActive == false then
		star()
	end

end

startL.Touched:Connect(partTouched2)

-- Keeps track of race time while the race is active. Needs to be at script bottom.
while raceActive == true do
	print("Activated")
	wait(1)
	timePassed = timePassed + 1
	print(timePassed)
end

Thanks!

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