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To: who cares? who wrote (629)	8/21/2000 1:46:54 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 5698

You mean it had POSitraction so it painted double stripes? A friend of mine used to teach a school for controlled burnouts, he was a master...

To: who cares? who wrote (629)	8/21/2000 1:48:51 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5698

My first car was a 64 Biscayne with a 6-cylinder and 3 on the tree. Used to do burnouts in it the same way. Frequently. The best ones were when I'd get it going backwards at a good clip downhill, shift into first, mash the throttle while the valves floated and sidestep the clutch, burning rubber while barely moving back uphill. To this day, I'm amazed at the abuse that car tolerated with nary a complaint until the day it croaked for good. A ritual around here is to do burnouts with the Mustang whenever I've got racing tires that are no longer suitable for the track. The best burnouts are always the ones where you know you're taking the tires off as soon as you get home. Even better when they're super-sticky Hoosiers. :)

To: who cares? who wrote (629)	8/21/2000 4:06:35 PM
From: billwot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5698

...of old pickups and burnouts When I was 14, growing up on a farm, my dad brought home a nearly new '54 Dodge V8 pickup. (He swore he didn't know it had the V8) My favorite trick was to back into a gravel lane (most farm kids started driving at around 13) and break it loose from a standstill in 2nd gear, and rip off about a 50 foot patch when I hit the blacktop. It was a highly respected performer around my area, as I routinely dusted the Olds 88's, Buick Centurys, and the new (then) Chevy V8. bill