Burnouts Ruining Tires

[Rustyiron]

YouTube has part's of it. I couldn't get a link to work.

 

[nova3930]

I guess folks got more $ than I do. My truck tires are $250 each. Ride em to they're bald as is...

 

[MossRoad]

There's something fun about going fast. If I had the time, I'd get back into drag racing motorcycles.

 

[WranglerX]

A display of horsepower?

 

[ultrarunner]

Side Show is a huge draw often minutes ahead of the law...

It also marks territory...

Some intersections repeatedly hit which keeps the painting crews busy repainting crosswalks.

I been caught in the middle a few times and the best you can hope is not to tick anyone off or your vehicle will get hammered.

A lot of people with too much time and money looking for a distraction...

I was stuck in this one on the way home...

 

[2manyrocks]

Waiting for CARB to require 36 annual inspections and crack down on tire emissions in 4.....3......2.......1.....

 

[ultrarunner]

The smoke can be seen from quite a distance and even some fire calls because it lingers.

My best guess is sending smoke signals is this is our turf and with huge takeover crowds police go the other way unless it's a task force with also large numbers with tow trucks in the wings but some tow companies have been targeted so not cut and dry.

Often random shots accompany as people bail...

 

[Doughknob]

MY tractor does burnouts! It spins the rears really well in the the bog across the path in my woods!

 

[RalphVa]

Probably not a typical thread title in a tractor forum and I can't say that I've ever seen a tractor do a "burnout". With today's high horsepower vehicles, I see a lot of videos where guys lock the brakes and do extended burnouts until the vehicle is no longer visible in all the smoke.
My question is what are they trying to prove. I understand that it takes torque to break the tires loose and power to keep them "burning" and I can understand also the need to exhibit this power but why burn up the tires with extended burnout? I admit the fun of "peeling out" as a kid but a short squawk was the maximum my '54 chevy 3-speed was even capable of.

Another popular gig nowadays is "drifting" and I'll admit to doing this on a gravel road as a teenager and its a wonder I never rolled a vehicle. Doing it on pavement, however, appears to be a whole new ballgame to me at least and I've seen organized races where they are constantly "drifting". The cars could get around the track much faster driving straight so what is the point other than entertainment?

Same doing wheelies. Needless abuse of equipment.

 

[npalen]

We simply did not have this kind of horsepower in this many stock vehicles even just a few years ago. Kids driving 500-600 HP cars? I would have had a ball back in the day if there was money to buy more tires.