How do cars do the burnout thing?

Question

I have seen plenty of videos on youtube with cars, usually more powerful ones, that can do burnout. Some explain that, to do such, you have to apply acceleration and press slightly on the breaks pedal, not the handbreak. How do the wheels from one axle keep spinning if the brake pads apply pressure to the discs for them too?

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Answer 1

If the car has enough power, and can accelerate quickly enough, you can do a burn out with only the accelerator. This is because the weight of car, combined with the “acceleration” of gravity to create a down force (force = mass x acceleration), is greater than the friction of the tires to the road. This causes the tires to spin.