How to Use pace car in a Sentence

pace car

noun
  • The pace car pulls off the track and the green flag flies to signify the race is on.
    — Amy Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • On a restart, the pace car leads the field around the track until race control is ready to restart the race.
    — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Actor Kurt Russell will drive the pace car.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When the race is about to resume, the pace car is supposed to turn its lights off and dive into pit lane.
    — Jim Ayello, USA TODAY Sports, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Qualcomm provides a wireless charging unit used by the race’s pacing cars.
    — William Boston, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
  • They were kept in position by a laser line shot out by a pace car driving fifteen metres in front of them the whole way.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2019
  • The top-6 four-lap runs from that pool will then run once more after a two-lap cooldown period behind a pace car.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2022
  • An Indy 500 pace car will be parked nearby for those who want to snap a photo.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
  • Bromsey rode in a pace car, climbed up the spotter's stand and had a meet-and-greet session with Buescher.
    — Larry Lage, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • After the pace car slips down off the track, the green flag waves, and there is nothing in front of the cars but 500 miles.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Some of them reached speeds in the mid-90s, although they were required to stay behind a pace car with no passing.
    — al, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In a press release for the event, Gaines expressed his excitement to get behind the pace car wheel.
    — Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Zdrazil played guitar for the city's annual Flekkefest and drove the pace car for the 5K run.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • This is the 16th year in the event's history that a Corvette has been the pace car at the Brickyard.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 24 May 2019
  • Andretti and Gaga followed four parade cars and led the official pace car on three laps before the race.
    — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2023
  • As the pace car of the streaming business, a great quarter from Netflix can mean a good quarter for its followers.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
  • Fisher will carry on her traditional role as the in-race pace car driver, with Patrick in front of the camera.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Both the pace car driver and the series official were taken to the infield care center, where they were checked, cleared and released.
    — Gary Gastelu, Fox News, 4 June 2018
  • At this rate, Buick's V-6 will be ready for Indy in a few more years, and in something more speedy than the pace car.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Taylor was the honorary pace car driver at the Quaker State 400.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 13 July 2019
  • Actor Ryan Phillippe, a Delaware native, is the pace car driver.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 1 May 2022
  • At the back for the restart will be those that took the free pass (as the last car on the lead lap) or wave-around (while ahead of the leaders but behind the pace car) or were penalized.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2020
  • With the cones out of place, the leading four female runners arrived — led by a race pace car and police motorcycle — and made a wrong turn, off the race's route.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One of the funny little details in Eliud Kipchoge’s attempts to run a sub-two-hour-marathon was the electric pace cars.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Netflix, the upstart outsider from Los Gatos, has been the pace car for television’s transition over the past decade.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • The official pace car has high-temp brake fluid, race brake pads, and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
  • Pritchard watched the Indianapolis 500, nervously through the parade laps, as Oladipo drove the pace car.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 6 June 2018
  • Took a ride with @erik_jones around @RichmondRaceway this afternoon and talked about short-track racing, getting dizzy driving in circles and why the pace car can feel faster than his race car.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Brennaman, who has broadcasted Reds baseball for 45 years, will drive the Toyota Camry pace car, which leads the field to the start of the race.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Even the pace car, which leads the field through several warm-up laps prior to the start of the race and also leads the field during caution periods to slow the cars on the track, drives at about 110 mph.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 24 May 2026

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