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Noun: pace car
  1. (auto racing) a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course

Derived forms: pace cars

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Pace car