Check out this r33 skyline driftcar doing a massive burnout until the rear tires catch fire. he went all the way from 1st to 6th gear!. this car dominated the burnout contest that day.. A burnout (also known as a peel out or power brake) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke due to friction.. You're not actually setting the tire on fire when you do a burnout. you're superheating the rubber and it's vaporizing, then condensing in the cooler air, but not combusting. it would be more technically accurate, though less cool, to call it a steamout..
After soaking the tires in plenty of gas, a technician creates a trail away from the dragster and sets the fuel alight. the rubber erupts in flame, and the burnout creates two giant fireballs.. This myth reaches breakneck speed as the mythbusters test whether a spinning tire could catch fire. for years, race drivers have been accelerating while holding down the brake — all to heat tire rubber and get better traction.. Things took a turn for matt dibenedetto at pocono raceway after his brakes caught fire during the final stage of the pocono 400..
