Burn- Outs

[tf95ZR1]

I happened to be reading an old (1989) ZR-1 magazine article
from England where they were testing the new ZR-1. They put
the car through (their) paces to compare with other cars. The
numbers weren't quite up to the Chevrolet reported numbers. As
far as drag racing type times, they attributed this to Jim Ingles
driving/testing abilities for Chevrolet. They didn't want to flog
the car(s) that much.

But this is my question: Jim Ingles was there in England with the cars.
He demonstrated for them (evidently, numerous times with a great
picture on the magazine cover) his warming up the tires burn-out
technique. He would dump the clutch from moderate revs, THEN
STEP ON THE BRAKE with his left foot while keeping the accelerator
to the floor. They said he kept it up to redline for up to 10 sec.
Never heard of this, just a line lock which only locks up the front
wheels. Wouldn't this fry/wear out the rear brake pads? Stall the
engine?



PS: They also said he power shifted which they did not want to do.