lead car
Convoy's first position
The lead car is the vehicle at the front of a group, setting the pace or direction for those behind.
In racing, it's the car currently in first position.
In funeral processions, police escorts, or motorcades, the lead car guides the formation: The lead car turned left and the convoy followed.
A pace car that controls speed before a race starts is also called a lead car.
- front runnerExpected winner
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- escortOne who accompanies another
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
- police escortOfficers accompanying for safety
procession · funeral procession · parade · vanguard · flagship · trailblazer · pursuit · chase · racing · pit road · speedway · NASCAR · formation · caravan · column · single file · drafting · pole position
- chasepursuer, chaser, manhunter, hunter, tracker
- Driftingdrift, drifting, countersteer, countersteering, counter-steering
- funeral processionhearse, cortege, funeral procession, pallbearers, pallbearer
- Secret Servicespecial agent, bodyguard, special agents, agent, federal agent
- ceremonial vehicleshearse, royal carriage, state coach, golden coach, royal coach
role in racing/competition
lead carbackmarker
Last-place racer
tail-ender · laggard · straggler · also-ran
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