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pace lap
[peys]
noun
a lap before the beginning of an auto race for warming up the engines and giving the field a moving start.
Word History and Origins
Origin of pace lap1
Example Sentences
The Monster Among Men had his scheduled pace lap at the Monster Mile rained out.
His crew chief, car chief and engineer earned automatic four-race suspensions when a piece of tungsten fell off Hamlin's car on a pace lap.
Mark Reuss was driving the Corvette during a pace lap shortly before the race’s scheduled start time when it spun and crashed.
The race Sunday was delayed over a half-hour because the pace car crashed during a pace lap.
He was seventh at Milwaukee, spun on the pace lap at Iowa but rebounded to finish 16th and was 10th at Toronto.
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