Burnout incident at Alice Springs

[LTDHO]

It's disappointing to see any injury at any motor event. There will no doubt be an investigation, possible lawsuit and rules to be changed.

All because one person thought it would be good to spay the crowd with fire!

[ebv8]

so many burnout haters here.

probably all formula 1 fans (white collar car enthusiasts)

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by ebv8

so many burnout haters here.

probably all formula 1 fans (white collar car enthusiasts)

yep that's right I'm one of these white collar car enthusiasts who is a mechanic by trade and only has old V8 cars

mate some people just think burnouts are for knuckle dragging rock apes

I have no problem with other people liking them and no problem with these events, as far as I'm concerned if they are off the street like this go sick

But I really don't understand the why

[FG50T]

I love watching burnouts but I don't get why lighting everything on fire is part of it. It looks cool? Theres more fire than tyre smoke

[comfortablynumb]

Originally Posted by FG50T

I love watching burnouts but I don't get why lighting everything on fire is part of it. It looks cool? Theres more fire than tyre smoke

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Note how far away the crowd is in those shots.

[Falcon SXR8]

The thing I laugh about with these comps is there all massive massive dollar machines these days and they still insist on running cheese cutter wheels on the back. For goodness sake guys it looks crap, whats a few 100 on some matching rear wheels???

[KBC]

It wont be long before something major does happen, was not too long ago a competitor had a fire which almost caused an explosion. His fuel cell was blown up like a balloon.

I too am a qualified mechanic with not only old but new cars as well. I do compete in these events but I build and repair my own cars. Engines, diffs and gearboxes all rebuilt myself, I also do my own panel and paint. I am not a fan of some of these guys who go out on purpose to destroy their cars by fire let alone the speed of some of the tip ins, again not my cup of tea. I have seen too many cars written off hitting barriers/walls from high speed tip ins.

I wish I had the money some of these guys spend repairing their cars let alone build them.

Burnouts at this level are a little harder than just dropping your clutch and heel toeing it. Different pads have different amounts of traction, size, run up, obstacles ie walls/barriers etc. Throw in ambient temperatures, oil or water/coolant from previous cars, keeping constant car motion, constant wheel movement, constant smoke, engine revs, keeping an eye on gauges do call for a fair amount of concentration.

But some guys have no care or concerns for their cars or safety which will throw a dampener on the sport when something very bad goes wrong. This then has a potential to have a ripple effect on the rest of car scene, be it small or large depends on which way you look at it. Be it attendance numbers at events, price hikes for entrants, performance parts prices increasing etc etc.