Burnouts Ruining Tires

[ericm979]

Burnouts were popular in my high school in the '70s. A lot of kids had muscle cars and they definitely had the power to do burnouts in the parking lot until the vice principal showed up. It's not new.

Drifting is a style sport, like gymnastics. In competitions they have judges. It's not my kind of thing but the drivers who are good at it are just as talented as "real" racers (and often are real racers moonlighting).

tractors will do burnouts (if they are boosted enough):

 

[SgtSluggo]

Regarding drifting - its a useful racing technique (watch how rally cars take some of those tight turns). The sport of drifting (like Formula DRIFT) is a taking this technique to the extreme for the purpose of showing off a skill.

 

[IndyJay]

"You could get away with burnouts if you do them the right way, but be aware of the repercussions, including 20,000 miles (about 32,000 km) less on the overall lifespan of tires for every twenty seconds of tire burning."

Wow, that's like 1,000 miles per second... that's really fast!

 

[Eagle1]

Damn I never did burnouts much but used drive fast, rarely got 20K out of a set of sticker tires. I bought some 80k tires once -- worn out after 5k. Those things had no grip, under steered and then you had to drift to make the turns. Went back to real tires and get my 20k or so out of a set. I do better in the truck not as temping to wind out in the twisties around here. Now I seldom see pavement and tires last a long time.

 

[cqaigy2]

So I need to install brakes on the front of my Bota so could do burnouts? Not sure about drifting, however.

Deleted Ericm979 beat me to it.

 

[IndyJay]

Not a Bota, but a Volvo.

I've always wondered where those mysterious crop circles came from...

 

[MossRoad]

My mom taught me how to drive. Some of my favorite lessons were going out to a parking lot in the snow and learning how to do donuts, correct slides, etc. Practice, practice, practice. That eventually lead to donuts and slides on dry pavement. Great fun. And a good lesson in how to control a vehicle with the gas pedal and the brakes. I got pretty good at it.

Unfortunately, if you don't practice often, you lose those skills. Just like putting the motorcycle away for 5 months in winter. Spring rolls around, you get out the bike, and go a bit too fast only to discover your skills aren't what they used to be.

 

[JPRambo]

Check out
HOONIGAN Ken Blocks Gymkhana Seven video driving around L.A.
Some serious drifting.

 

[bnold]

Those competition drifters has some amazing vehicle control and skill. Really amazing.

I don’t watch much TV, but I’d watch drifting over left turn NASCAR anytime.

 

[rontaki]

I just wonder what breathing tire smoke on a regular basis does to one's body over time.