Or the car that is in front of the race cars during the beginning?
2007-04-16 14:58:49 · 36 answers · asked by Mrs Robinson 3 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
pace car. or jeff gordon.
2007-04-16 15:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by fall_guy123 4 · 8⤊ 3⤋
The Pace Car
2007-04-16 15:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by JOJO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pace Car?
2007-04-16 15:00:30 · answer #3 · answered by Lineya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the pace car, as everyone else has already said. Something I just learned recently and thought it was interesting was that the pace car is the only car on the track with a labeled speedometer, so when the pace car is setting the speed for how fast the cars are allowed to drive during cautions and on pit road, drivers will often mark the spot where the line goes up to on their own cars so they won't speed on pit road (which is a penalty). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about this, I just heard it the other day and may not be 100% accurate- but I thought it was interesting anyway :).
2007-04-16 15:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by macho_bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pace car
2007-04-16 15:00:37 · answer #5 · answered by Heather R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Car that is slow is a "off the pace" car.
A car that starts at the front in the beginning is the pole car and leader to the green.
2007-04-17 00:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pace car is the car you are discribing.
This vehicle is to help keep order during caution and at the start of the race.
That's all I have to say about that.
2007-04-17 01:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by blakree 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pace car.
2007-04-16 15:17:14 · answer #8 · answered by quadrunner09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pace car.
2007-04-16 15:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by amandafofanda66 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pace car. Often driven by Brett Bodine.
If you look, their are lights on top of it. When they are on their final pace lap before the start or restart, the lights will go off. This signals the drivers that they are about to restart (as does the guy waving the yellow flag and holding up 1 finger!). On a scanner, you'll hear the spotter saying "Lights are out. Going this time."
And, macho is correct. Prior to the race there are two pace cars on track. The first half of the field is behind one, the second half is behind the other. The pace cars will drive at pit road speed for a lap to let the drivers get a read on their tachometer (RPMs). This lets them calculate pit road speed under pit stops. Cars directly behind the pace car get a good read, but cars further back do not always get an accurate read. Last week, at Texas, Kasey Kahne used 4000 in 2nd gear as pit road speed.
2007-04-16 16:33:19 · answer #10 · answered by jaynarie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Before race = Pace car
During race = Safety Car
2007-04-16 15:01:03 · answer #11 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋