Denver’s 170-Car Burnout is Record-Setting [UPDATE]

This is a lot of rubber.

Update: A representative from Guinness World Records sent an email to Motor1.com stating that the record had not been confirmed and that an application for a new attempt at it could not be approved. Representative from 107.9 KBPI (the radio station that organised the attempt) informed us that evidence was being reviewed and had been submitted to GWR on Aug 21. Australia is the official champion of burnout at this time. We’ll update this article to reflect any changes.

Update 3: Guinness World Records has denied the record attempt, citing a lack of an official judge during the event. Guinness World Records also decided to rest the record for burnout over environmental concerns.

Friends, the war against tires is becoming out of control. Motor1.com approves of this grandiose effort to eradicate rubber. Australia was awarded the Guinness World Record in January 2019 for the largest simultaneous car tire burning. 126 cars were involved in the destruction of Summernats’ hides. Eight months later, 170 cars came together at Bandimere Speedway near Denver to claim the title. It was, as you can see from the video above. at least thinks so.

Everything is still unofficial at this point. As of this article posting, the official burnout record at Guinnessworldrecords.com still belongs to our friends in Australia. Bandimere Speedway announced that the world record had been broken on its Facebook page. Although we have reached out to Guinness World Records for clarification, the results are amazing beyond comprehension.

We think it’s just an issue of getting an official count of cars, because dayum. 340 tires are the only thing that will smoke up a storm, provided none of the competitors do an embarrassing one-wheel-peel. The resultant cloud looks like a storm. Just imagine being at ground zero as everyone lit up the tires. You don’t even have to imagine because Andy Hemeon, a YouTuber, was there and provides this perspective. It takes only seconds for everything to disappear into a thick cloud, once the engines start firing up. This was not the ideal place for people with asthma or other breathing problems. We hope that the local fire department was informed of the burning bash before it happened. This wildfire looked from afar like the fastest-spreading wildfire in history.

Before Australia took it in January, Saudi Arabia held the title of world record burnout. We’d be surprised if this attempt was not made an official Guinness Record. We are left with two questions: which country will be next and can we go?