While burnouts can be entertaining to observe, it is more difficult to view the vision due the larger the smoke. An Australian drone operator found a solution: he filmed a burning contest using a thermal-imaging camera.
First time spotted by DriveQueensland Aerial uploaded to YouTube this hi-tech method of watching a burnout. This video contains two burnouts that last approximately one minute each, using both thermal and conventional imaging.
Thermal imaging makes invisible infrared radiation normally visible. This means that anything hot will be visible brightly, and all other colors are rendered darker. Instead of being surrounded by smoke, it is possible to see the vehicle’s movements and follow its destruction.
Thermal imaging renders the tracks and tires as glowing streaks. It’s as though Ghost Rider were behind the wheel. The pieces of lava that appear to be lava can be seen scattered about when a tire bursts after a single burnout.
Perhaps this is not surprising, as Australia has been a leader in the field of burnout-viewing innovations. Australia is the land down under, which holds the record for largest simultaneous burnout. It reclaimed it from Saudi Arabia in 2019, with 126 vehicles smoking together.
Australia had been long an excellent source of cars that could burnout, thanks to Ford and Holden rear-wheel drive sedans. These cars were more popular in Australia than in the U.S. but they ended up being less mainstream in Australia after the collapse of Australian production. General Motors will no longer be selling Holden cars in Australia in 2020. But it plans to continue to sell Silverado, the Chevrolet Corvette, and Silverado. We are looking forward to their participation in future Burnout Competitions.
