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Rich Biebel · 08-10-2011, 08:37 PM

Once upon a time there was no such thing as a stationary burnout...

Around 1969 or 1970 when the soft compound tires showed up....(Firestones) for automatic trans stockers mostly.......stationary burnouts started to be common. There was no real burnout box where water was supplied. You just picked a spot and did it....

We tried some Firestone tires at the first SummerNationals at York....1970. We borrowed them from Frank Iaconio

These tires were supposed to be "burned in" and they were new.

I held the back of our car so it would stay straight.......Burned the doodoo out of my ankles on that run..... little hot black rubber bits embedded in my ankles....

SS'ers were doing crazy burnouts in the staging lanes way before the starting line.....I can recall it was like a joke to see who could make the most smoke.......No water.....just spin the tires.....

08-10-2011, 08:37 PM	#3
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Touching the car during the burnout. Now o/k? Once upon a time there was no such thing as a stationary burnout... Around 1969 or 1970 when the soft compound tires showed up....(Firestones) for automatic trans stockers mostly.......stationary burnouts started to be common. There was no real burnout box where water was supplied. You just picked a spot and did it.... We tried some Firestone tires at the first SummerNationals at York....1970. We borrowed them from Frank Iaconio These tires were supposed to be "burned in" and they were new. I held the back of our car so it would stay straight.......Burned the doodoo out of my ankles on that run..... little hot black rubber bits embedded in my ankles.... SS'ers were doing crazy burnouts in the staging lanes way before the starting line.....I can recall it was like a joke to see who could make the most smoke.......No water.....just spin the tires..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R