Noun: pace car
- (auto racing) a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course
"The sleek sports car served as the pace car for the Indianapolis 500"
Derived forms: pace cars
Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]
Encyclopedia: Pace car