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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In addition to Northwestern Medicine, title sponsor for the 13th consecutive year, other sponsors included: pace car sponsor Knauz Automotive Group, Lake Forest Bank & Trust, Lake Bluff; ULINE; Lake Forest Country Day School; DiVinci Painters; Pasquesi Home & Garden; and EJ’s Place Restaurant.
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Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Cars are not allowed to pass each other — and definitely not the pace car — during caution periods.
—Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
This year's celebrity pace car driver was Pro Football Hall of Famer and television host Michael Strahan.
—Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Their solution for the final race was to have a pace car driving in front of the runners, shining lasers on the ground to show the pacers exactly where their feet needed to be for each stride of the race.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 30 June 2025
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Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Cars are not allowed to pass each other — and definitely not the pace car — during caution periods.
—Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
This year's celebrity pace car driver was Pro Football Hall of Famer and television host Michael Strahan.
—Hannah Hudnall, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Their solution for the final race was to have a pace car driving in front of the runners, shining lasers on the ground to show the pacers exactly where their feet needed to be for each stride of the race.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pace car
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“Pace car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pace%20car. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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