Another duty of the pace car is to lead the field around the course on parade laps prior to the start of the race.

Tom Sneva, a former winner, crashed on the parade lap in 1986.

Bob Forbes rode in one of the pace cars during the parade lap.

Before the start, Coulthard stalled on the parade lap.

They drove around the track for the slow parade lap.

On the second parade lap, rain began to fall, and the track was red-flagged.

The standing start often occurs following a parade lap.

The parade lap either leads to a rolling start, standing start, or back to the grid.

The pole position was left open during the parade lap in tribute to Earnhardt.

However, Hill stalled on the parade lap and had to start at the back.