pace car
noun
: an automobile that leads the field of competitors through a pace lap but does not participate in the race
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Madison Marsh, the 2024 Miss America from Colorado, originally from Fort Smith, Ark., joined the festivities for NASCAR's season-opening Daytona 500 as the honorary pace car driver to help lead the field to the green flag.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2024
That became the pace car for who Leon was going to be.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
In the most chaotic race of IndyCar’s 2023 season -- eight cautions, 35 yellow-flag laps and more than 70 minutes behind a pace car that needed to be refueled -- there should be no surprise who came out on top.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
Fisher will handle all pace car duties for the 500; former driver Oriol Servia is IndyCar's primary pace car driver.
—Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022
Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton will drive the honorary pace car at Sunday's running of the 107th Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
Netflix, the upstart outsider from Los Gatos, has been the pace car for television’s transition over the past decade.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 20 June 2023
While not a competition model, it was used as the pace car for the 1967 Can-Am race at Laguna Seca, where it was driven by Stirling Moss and actor James Garner.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
Out of an estimated 283 green examples made in 1969, it is estimated that only 23 were California 500 Specials that wore the pace car’s same color scheme and accents.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2021
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2024
That became the pace car for who Leon was going to be.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
In the most chaotic race of IndyCar’s 2023 season -- eight cautions, 35 yellow-flag laps and more than 70 minutes behind a pace car that needed to be refueled -- there should be no surprise who came out on top.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
Fisher will handle all pace car duties for the 500; former driver Oriol Servia is IndyCar's primary pace car driver.
—Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022
Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton will drive the honorary pace car at Sunday's running of the 107th Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
Netflix, the upstart outsider from Los Gatos, has been the pace car for television’s transition over the past decade.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 20 June 2023
While not a competition model, it was used as the pace car for the 1967 Can-Am race at Laguna Seca, where it was driven by Stirling Moss and actor James Garner.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
Out of an estimated 283 green examples made in 1969, it is estimated that only 23 were California 500 Specials that wore the pace car’s same color scheme and accents.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2021
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“Pace car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pace%20car. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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