It’s likely a pretty fair assumption that anyone reading this has done at least one burnout in their lives. It might’ve been in a ratted-out Gremlin in their younger, mullet-wearing days, but ending the life of a set of tires prematurely is all a part of the car guy and gal initiation. And thus most of you probably have a pretty good idea of how it’s supposed to go. And this….well, this isn’t how it’s supposed to go.

During one of the many matches at the Small Town Weekend street drags put on by the city of El Reno, Oklahoma over the weekend, the driver of this Oldsmobile Cutlass showed everyone in attendance how NOT to do a burnout as he boiled the hides and nearly took a starting line official down for the count in the process.

As you can see, the rear end of the Cutty starts to wash out to the left as he boiled the hides, and only the cat-like instincts of the gentleman burning the “burnout box” saves him from being crushed, having his foot run over by the tire, or an even worse outcomes, when he unleashes his inner Carl Lewis and jumps clear over the quarter panel and trunk of the Oldsmobile to get out of harms way. The starting line official quickly waves the driver off as he realizes what’s about to happen, but fortunately, the other official was paying enough attention to save himself.

After all of that entertainment was over, the two cars lined up like nothing happened and headed on down Highway 66, with the Cutty putting some gap on the Fox body alongside him.

Video credit: Urban Hillbilly Videos