Touching the car during the burnout. Now o/k?

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.....

bigshow2966 · 08-10-2011, 09:14 PM

When I started racing they did burnouts in bleach. Not sure who was the wizard that thought that was a great idea.

John H186 · 08-10-2011, 10:34 PM

I think the practice is plain stupid. Its dangerous and an accident waiting to happen. And what about the guy in the front of the car when the burnout is being done? The guy with his foot in the groove where he wants the burnout tracks to be? That guy is inches from getting hit every time and I will never understand that.

08-10-2011, 08:37 PM	#1
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

08-10-2011, 09:14 PM	#2
bigshow2966 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: chicago Posts: 654 Likes: 675 Liked 180 Times in 55 Posts	Re: Touching the car during the burnout. Now o/k? When I started racing they did burnouts in bleach. Not sure who was the wizard that thought that was a great idea.

08-10-2011, 10:34 PM	#3
John H186 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 154 Likes: 1 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Touching the car during the burnout. Now o/k? I think the practice is plain stupid. Its dangerous and an accident waiting to happen. And what about the guy in the front of the car when the burnout is being done? The guy with his foot in the groove where he wants the burnout tracks to be? That guy is inches from getting hit every time and I will never understand that. __________________ John Hedenburg H186