Craig Lowndes - "Am I Allowed To Do A Burnout Now" QLD 2011

[startwiththeballs]

top bloke,

give the peoples what they came to see

[MrVicist]

I went to school with Lowndes, and I still remember my English Teacher telling him to forget about cars and Go Carts if he wants a future. Yeah good one Kay Aurthur!

[nibbzy323]

needs a lesson from the giz!!!

[NZDivine]

Kudos for the little drift at the end :D

[666demonknight666]

The funniest thing was when Lowndes opened the door to let the smoke out....lol

[TheBMorpheus]

@666demonknight666 but he didnt open the door. what part

[666demonknight666]

@TheBMorpheus He did, he did a couple of burn outs then the smoke got to the cockpit and he open the door briefly...even the commentators were laughing. I think he wanted people to see that he was waving at them and not letting the smoke out...lol he's a funny guy.

[thisisyourboss]

good on him =D

[CyPha0]

cbf in reading what you all are saying but the reason he asked is weeks before hand Race Control wanted to remove it due to "it being unsafe for cars to burnout with all that smoke and cars still on the track" Gizzy Won the weekend they were talking about it. i assume because the Watchers and Racers love the burnouts, they (RC) failed to do so.

[nortel1994]

Love it!! haha

[SolarPL]

Why would they fine him for doing a burnout?

[jergi313]

@SolarPL It brings disrepute to pro racing. Thats what they say, not me.

[catsanddogsarekillin]

@jergi313 what dispere whatever

[jergi313]

@catsanddogsarekillin I'm sorry....what?

[catsanddogsarekillin]

@jergi313 I mean what is disrepute

[jergi313]

@catsanddogsarekillin Disrepute in this context means it can be seen as lowering the high "reputation" of the drivers and motorsport. In Australia doing burnouts on he streets is called hooning. A professional driver doing burnouts on a racetrack is seen as condoning the practice of hooning. Stupid isn't it? Next they will be telling pro race drivers to slow down because it's against the law to speed. I hope that answers your question.

[catsanddogsarekillin]

@jergi313 it does but who introduced that rule and why was he allouded

[hoodzzeee]

@jergi313 RC does slow the cars down if needed.If the train is going to quick ,RC will order the group to split into 3 groups,to slow things down.This happens regularly on street circuits , not just for driver spectator safety but to protect the surface,as it is designed for everyday use not V8 supercars.RTA observers monitor the road surface during the event and if the surface starts to deteriorate will order RC to slow things down

[jergi313]

@hoodzzeee Thanks for that info. Not many people (including me) would know the RTA are at races in that capacity.

All this about bringing motorsport into disrepute came from the CEO, Martin Whitaker. He said he wanted to "send a positive message to young people". I sit on the fence with this one. Is it really that bad? Don't really know.

Cheers

[darken601]

see all just big kids at heart......Awesome

[AustralianRacingFan]

that is legendary... well done lowndes.