Suburban
VEHICLE drifting and spinning popularly known as burnouts have bounced back with the first hyped Blowout Festival set for Sunday at Borrowdale Race Course.
Ivan Zhakata Suburban Reporter
Burnouts are the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tyres to heat up and smoke due to friction.
The Blowout Festival is sponsored by Mashwede and hosted by Anorld “Selekta Base” Chingwerewe and it is running under the theme “A Celebration of Car Culture, Music and Lifestyle”.
Sunday’s Blowout Festival marks the opening of the motor sport season after sports were frozen due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
The lockdown has been relaxed from Level 4 to Level 2 resulting in most sectors of the economy being reopened including sport and outdoor activities with public gatherings limited to 100 people.
The Blowout Festival which will be held under strict adherence to the Covid-19 regulations is expected to be a high octane event for car fanatics as it will be filled with tyre screeching, burning and action in the big spin field.
Popular stunts men, Goofa, Fat Cat, Jadah, Ice, Cici Boy, Fuzzy, New Boys, Spin Kid, and Saviour are expected to put out their best stunts, battling on the arena, burning and drifting their BMW iS models usually pre 1993, popularly known as the Gusheshe in the motorsport circles.
Smoke from burning rubber will engulf the venue as the spinners showcase their styles that are strictly a preserve for the daring.
The event is expected to attract motor-skill fans of various ages and gates at the venue are set to open at around 12 midday. It is likely to be a day of fun as the spinners will take turns to burst tyres of their speeding and circling cars in a sport that has brought classic entertainment to various joints in the capital over the past years.
Also taking part at the motor show would be Team Altezza, Team RunX and Team Subaru that are expected to exhibit their skills.
The motor spinners will be complemented by wheel spinners on decks in the form of Judgment Yard, Iroq, Royal DJs, RayDizz, Langton B and Selekta Base.
The renowned DJs will bring their outstanding selections to the event and entertain fun-lovers with various beats.
There will also be music, trail biking, sketch and tattoo artists, static car displays, show and shine competition, sound off, braai and jumping castles and water slides for children’s entertainment.
Children aged 12 and below will be admitted for free while the rest of the arena costs US$5 for ordinary tickets, US$10 for VIP and $20 for VVIP.
