pace lap
parade lap
warm-up lap
formation lap

On the final pace lap, the field was coming through turn four to take the green flag.

They made a pit stop while the rest of the field were under the pace laps.

"I was in the process of the pace laps and the car came around on me.

He was moved to the back of the pack during the pace lap for missing the drivers' meeting.

He had an engine fire on the pace lap.

After the first pace lap following the break, teams were required to take a four-tire stop.

The crash delayed the start by five extra pace laps.

On the pace lap, the field assembled into position, and was aligned for the green flag.

After clean up, the field restarted, with two pace laps before the green flag.

He would re-join the field for the pace lap.

Beam drew pole position, but pulled off the track on the pace lap to let the entire field go past.

While under the pace laps, inclement weather moved in the area to cause a two hour rain delay.

In 1986, Sneva was warming up his car during the pace lap, but lost control and crashed before the race started.

In 1992 he spun off on the pace lap after having qualified on the pole position.

Dale Earnhardt mysteriously passed out during the pace laps for the race and hit the wall.

On his final visit to each track, Petty would lead the field on the pace lap to salute the fans.

The field split him and he followed behind the field for one more pace lap before he pulled it in.

Tony Hulman gave the command to start engines, and the field began to pull away for two pace laps.

Pace laps run faster than that nowadays, but even a century ago, racing had its sales-pitch component up to speed.

During the pace lap, the car of George Snider caught fire, with a turbocharger failure.

An extra pace lap was allowed, and the front row re-took their position at the front of the pack.

He led the pace lap, briefly.

That was good for 32d, just ahead of Johnny Unser, whose car broke a gearbox on the pace laps.

During the pace laps, Kyle Busch had to go to pit lane because of problems with his race car.

He wrecked on the pace lap, and never saw the green flag to take the start, and was credited with 0 laps.