John Force doesn't do as long a burnout now as he used to. Here's a photo I took at Commerce in 1995. I tried to get a good shot of his burnouts all day, and this was the best I could get between all the heads.

Wayne.

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Good Times! I loved the Burnouts he use to do. As a little girl I would stand on the seat and cheer every time he came out! :)

It was even better was Skuza was in the other lane!

I'm pretty sure Coil told him (Force) he was being too hard on the blowers doing those long foggers.

Was it Dean Skuza or KC Spurlock that was the burnout king ?

Was it Dean Skuza or KC Spurlock that was the burnout king ?

Pat Minick
followed by
Russel James Liberman
Richard Tharp
Pat Foster

d'kid

Best burnout I have seen personally is John Force, after locking up the championship at Pomona in '98 or '99 ... all the way to the 1000 Ft cones and coasted out past the finish line ... crowd went BONKERS, myself included.

My Dad said he once saw Jungle Jim do a burnout at a match race at Edgewater in Cincinnati that was so long he turned off the track and came back up the return road to stage the car!!!

The longest I have seen personally is Brent Fanning. He did a burnout almost to the finish line and then ran the car up the return road in front of the crowd during a match race at E-Town in the mid 90's.

As a kid in the mid 70's I remember Jungle doing a real long burnout up at Cayuga in Canada and turning the car around at the top end and driving back to the starting line to turn around again. Great show. But I really miss Force's long burnouts from the 90's. I understand how abusive they probably were to the equipment, but I miss them nonetheless. Like I miss dry hops.

Best burnout I have seen personally is John Force, after locking up the championship at Pomona in '98 or '99 ... all the way to the 1000 Ft cones and coasted out past the finish line ... crowd went BONKERS, myself included.

My Dad said he once saw Jungle Jim do a burnout at a match race at Edgewater in Cincinnati that was so long he turned off the track and came back up the return road to stage the car!!!

I believe he would be disqualified if he coasted out past the finish line on a burnout.

I believe he would be disqualified if he coasted out past the finish line on a burnout.

Jeffery,

Back in the day, guys would turn around at the 1000 foot mark, turn into each other's lane, drive back in the opposite, lane, then line up in the lane they started... DQ? As If... it was part of the show 6 nights a week.

Ya'll that have ONLY seen a 'National Event' have no idea what you've missed:D

d'kid
setting in the top end bleachers... watching the fire burn outs

Pat Minick is the King of the Burnouts. Period. :cool:

Pat Minick is the King of the Burnouts. Period. :cool:

Who???? :confused:

It was even better was Skuza was in the other lane!

Like this;
http://www.buzzzmiller.com/burnoutcontest.jpg
Not my picture. Used with absolutley no permission ;)

I'm pretty sure Coil told him (Force) he was being too hard on the blowers doing those long foggers.

I remember one interview where Austin was asked if the long burnouts were a problem for him, tune-up wise. Austin replied that it made no difference to him, as long as John did the same thing every time.

That was a few years ago, so things have probably changed since then, including fuel and tire costs.

Who???? :confused:

Some old guy the youngsters may not have heard of but you may be familiar with him!!! :D

Buzzz, whoever took that shot, did a great job. Man how can you beat side-by-side melters like that.

Who???? :confused:

Mike,
So wanted to post a picture of gramps and one of you with the capt. for a side by side. Have sooooooooo many pictures of the 69 car, but my fav is the Carlbad shot of the car *hitin' and gettin'... not only were they the best burnouts ever, that hot rod had everyone covered by .15....

d'kid

Like this;
http://www.buzzzmiller.com/burnoutcontest.jpg
Not my picture. Used with absolutley no permission ;)

Oh wow! Totally classic.....I loved it when I saw it live!

Hey, where's Skuza? ;)

Hey, where's Skuza? ;)

He was at the KHFC meeting the other week. ;)

Unofficial 'current' burnout king is "Norm Wilding' who did a 1300 ft burnout during the 92 season, w/ Force in the other lane doing is usual deal.

Norm received a plaque from NHRA for the effort---

Was it Dean Skuza or KC Spurlock that was the burnout king ?

That would have indeed been .. me! And not only was it self proclaimed, but John and Coil threw in the towel and handed the reign to me. Granted Dean did a great burnout, but he used a throttle stop, which makes him the Prince of Burnouts! Sorry Dean .. I just had to say it!

And I cetainly agree with a post that Minick was the original King .. and no one has ever matched the Chi Town Hustler for incredible crowd pleasing burnouts.

That would have indeed been .. me! And not only was it self proclaimed, but John and Coil threw in the towel and handed the reign to me. Granted Dean did a great burnout, but he used a throttle stop, which makes him the Prince of Burnouts! Sorry Dean .. I just had to say it!

And I cetainly agree with a post that Minick was the original King .. and no one has ever matched the Chi Town Hustler for incredible crowd pleasing burnouts.

When are you getting back out on the track KC?

When are you getting back out on the track KC?


Considering an FC program for 09. As with many, just waiting on the proper funding. Having ongoing conversations with several companies ....

Now that would be cool, KC..hope to see you back out there.

Considering an FC program for 09. As with many, just waiting on the proper funding. Having ongoing conversations with several companies ....

Funny Car needs KC and Skuza.......

Funny Car needs KC and Skuza.......

No offense but funny car doesn't "Need" anymore drivers that class is competitive as it has ever been. Top fuel needs more cars and drivers.

Hey KC...how is your relationship w/ Vandergriff these days?

I was there @ the fist-a-cuff that morning---

Hey KC...how is your relationship w/ Vandergriff these days?

I was there @ the fist-a-cuff that morning---
I would have loved to have been there to witness that! Hopefully KC gets the backing, he was always one of my favorites. I was there when he returned to win the Winters in `94.

Hey Chris....lets just say it was very entertaining and almost has scary fun as when Paul Smith beat up Bob Brandt (talking smack about Danielle) in between two trailers to which I helped stop or Paul would of been in jail for the damage-

I have always enjoyed Spurlock and would love to see him out there in a fuel coupe.

Pat Minick
followed by
Russel James Liberman
Richard Tharp
Pat Foster

d'kid

I'm afraid I would have to add Norm Wilding to that group as well, Karl.

Speaking of Norm, what ever happened to him? (Mild thread derailment)

Sean D

Unofficial 'current' burnout king is "Norm Wilding' who did a 1300 ft burnout during the 92 season, w/ Force in the other lane doing is usual deal.

Norm received a plaque from NHRA for the effort---

Oops!!!

Sorry, Terry! I didn't see this before I posted!

Sean D

Best burnout I have seen personally is John Force, after locking up the championship at Pomona in '98 or '99 ... all the way to the 1000 Ft cones and coasted out past the finish line ... crowd went BONKERS, myself included.

My Dad said he once saw Jungle Jim do a burnout at a match race at Edgewater in Cincinnati that was so long he turned off the track and came back up the return road to stage the car!!!

I saw Jungle do that at Connecticut dragway...memory is foggy but I don't know if it was intentional or if he couldn't get it into reverse.

Unofficial 'current' burnout king is "Norm Wilding' who did a 1300 ft burnout during the 92 season, w/ Force in the other lane doing is usual deal.

Norm received a plaque from NHRA for the effort---

I was there. I video taped that burnout. It was at Indy. Chuck Etchalls' "Nobody Beats the Wiz" car was in the next pair. I continued taping and entered a copy in a contest sponsered by "the Wiz" and won 2nd prize (a VCR). I still watch the tape. Cruz and Ace won FC and TF in McDonalds 1st year. Al Hofman one the Bud Shootout. It was my first time at Indy!!!:

BTW, I got Norm to sign one of his "AA Racing" shirts: to Ray from Norm, "King of the Burnouts" after I showed him a replay of the video. He loved it!!!

D:D:D

I was there. I video taped that burnout. It was at Indy. Chuck Etchalls' "Nobody Beats the Wiz" car was in the next pair. I continued taping and entered a copy in a contest sponsered by "the Wiz" and won 2nd prize (a VCR). I still watch the tape. Cruz and Ace won FC and TF in McDonalds 1st year. Al Hofman one the Bud Shootout. It was my first time at Indy!!!:

BTW, I got Norm to sign one of his "AA Racing" shirts: to Ray from Norm, "King of the Burnouts" after I showed him a replay of the video. He loved it!!!

D:D:D

I got so excited thinking of the burnout

of course Al "won" the Shootout and I just looked at the shirt and it says: Good Luck, Ray from Norman Wilding, "Burnout King"...

Just wanted to get the story right:)

BTW...after Norm did that burnout to the stripe he backed up and ran a 5.17,
and squeezed into the field, and he was the only car @ the time that did not have a racepak, or any spare parts.

Force joked that he was upstaged that day by Norm and to boot, he sold every one of his t-shirts out of his tandem axle trailer....when racers still could do that.

Norm builds high end stuff in the U.K. today-

He was at the KHFC meeting the other week. ;)
LMAO! Btw....I need to see the 'minutes' from that meeting pronto! ;)

LMAO! Btw....I need to see the 'minutes' from that meeting pronto! ;)

How much are dues to the KHFC, and do we get a T-shirt and a hat?

d'kid

Karl....you don't EVEN want to know about the t-shirt design! Um, OK maybe you do. :eek::p

Norm Wilding always told me that he would out Burnout anyone next to him, even if he had to go past the 1320 to do it!;)

Yea Joe, Norm was the man for burnouts and he was doing it out of his pocket w/out any spare parts...maybe a few pistons but nothing else.

The cars from the early days had water in the heads so they did not heat up as quick but Norm did it w/ a dry block and ALWAYS backed up and completed the run after the burnout unlike alot of drivers.

I remember at Dallas '92 he was paired agains't Force for Rd 1, he told Force he wanted to do a long Burnout. Norm told me that Force told him "If you don't come back I'm gonna go past the Finishline! Norm did do a 1320 Burnout and did come back to run a 5.62, losing to Force but he sure got a huge ovation out of it.

Another king of the burnouts...................











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