Burnout Contest

Not sure how many of you have seen a burnout contest, but here is a good way to toast a $200 tire.
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It shouldn't take 4 guys to do a burnout...

Good job capturing the moment!

Here is the last one had to drop resolution to upload. Safety thing nowa days,insurance and all.
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Must be hard to do a burnout on a gravel and mud road....

looks like just a lotta smoke.

Nice photos m8.

But that is a kind of stupid contest in my opinion... you got to have more money to spend then brain to use in order to do that... $200 a tire.... xix....

Looks a lot like something that would stink lol.

i agree, its stupid, but u gotta think those guys are saying the same thing to us as we take the pic, dear god, 700 a lens, what a moron

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That's exactly what they'd say... and also "I could buy 3 new tires with that $700!"

I agree with that... they can say the same about me buying a $700 lens... but the diference is, i spend $700 on a lens and with a bit of care it will last me a life time, can't say the same about those $200 tires..... they only need 4 burnouts and they already spend more then my lens...
Another one is that semi-professional or professional equipment [L lenses] can be sold later with little money loss, i can't say the same about a tire that has been used in a burnout....

But don't get me wrong, i do understand what you are saying. I have several friends that spent over $10000 in extras for they're cars but look at me with in a funny way because i bought a $700 lens and $0 (zero) in extras for my car.... Every crazy person has they're own thing... mine is photography, theyr's isn't... hehehe

(no ofense intended)

I don't get it. How's this guy creating rubber smoke on gravel?

its illusion... fog machine

lol, ok little history........ this event started out pulling up to a curb at a bar locking the front brake and doing a burnout to impress friends, (remember alchohol, testostiron??, and motorcycles)

now most of the enties need a new tire anyway so what the hey, some events give the winner a new tire installed, that paticular event was a $500 first prize.

As for how to get smoke in gravel? There is a metal stand that the bike is sitting in and tied down too, the tire is in a piece of channel iron (add a little water and wala smoke)

and yes there is a smell and if that would bother you please dont go to a drag race.
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Mmmm... seems a bit far removed from actually doing it for real on tarmac...

Interesting shots though - It's certainly created a conversation piece

lol, controversy, smoke em if you got em... I got the rubber smoking on a rc car :P