pace car

pace car
noun
a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course
• Topics: ↑auto racing, ↑car racing
• Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑auto, ↑automobile, ↑machine, ↑motorcar

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noun
: an automobile that leads the field of competitors through a pace lap but does not participate in the race

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/pays/
(in auto racing) an automobile that leads the competing cars through a pace lap or laps and leaves the course before the actual start of the race.
[1960-65]

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pace car noun
A car that sets the pace in a warm-up lap of a motor race but does not take part in the race
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Main Entry: ↑pace

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pace car «pays»,
a car used in automobile racing to lead the racing cars off at the start of a race.

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n. Auto Racing a car that sets the pace and positions racers for a rolling start in a warm-up lap or laps before a race, or that returns to control the pace in temporarily hazardous conditions

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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