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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.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pace lap1
First recorded in 1970–75
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The Monster Among Men had his scheduled pace lap at the Monster Mile rained out.
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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.
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Mark Reuss was driving the Corvette during a pace lap shortly before the race’s scheduled start time when it spun and crashed.
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The race Sunday was delayed over a half-hour because the pace car crashed during a pace lap.
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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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