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pace car

[peys]
–noun
(in auto racing) an automobile that leads the competing cars through a pace lap or laps and leaves the course before the actual start of the race.

Origin:
1960–65
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pace car   (pās)   
n.  A usually high-performance automobile that leads a group of competing cars through the pace lap of a race but does not participate in the race.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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