pace car

IPA: pˈeɪskˈɑr

(motor racing) A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.
(motor racing) A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.

Examples of "pace-car" in Sentences

This casual event includes camping on-site, a Friday-night toga party and pace-car rides ($10).
The speedway has a rich tradition of using celebrity pace-car drivers from outside auto racing.
The potential presidential candidate said he would not be the celebrity pace-car driver for the
Race organizers then put Elaine Irwin Mellencamp in the car as the first female pace-car driver.
While they may be the pace-car for today's written communications, not everyone is happy about emails.
Trump was chosen as the pace-car driver last month, but withdrew Thursday after criticism that he was too divisive.
All the elvensteeds were in car-shape, and they streamed behind him as if he were a demented pace-car driver, in a LeMans race to hell.
On Friday, the four-time race winner accepted the invitation to replace Donald Trump as the celebrity pace-car driver, ending a brewing controversy for the May 29 race.