Tire-Shredding Action From the Burnout Pit at LS Fest West
Engines pegged at redline and many tires were destroyed at LS Fest West 2022.
Nothing draws a crowd at a car show like a burnout contest, and Holley's LS Fest doesn't disappoint. Over the years, Holley has reformatted its LS Fests, both east and west, to include an Australian-style burnout contest—spinning cars in a wide-open space rather than a static burnout with the car strapped to a steel plate.
Click on any photo in this story to see a collection of some of our favorite burnout pictures from the weekend!
This year's LS Fest West happened at the wide-open spaces of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the show continues to grow year over year. Seemingly everywhere you looked, someone was burning off a set of tires. There were multiple burnout contests and sideshow events throughout the weekend. That plus simultaneous drifting and drag racing around the facility meant that the skies above the speedway were filled with a near-constant plume of tire smoke.
Watch! LS-Swapped 1981 Mercury Zephyr
Check out this walk-around video of a 1981 Mercury Zephyr with a GM V-8 LS swap from the 2020 LS Fest West event.
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