While the vast majority of our Tire Smokin’ videos feature either a V8 or EcoBoost V6-powered Ford F-150 pickup – this week’s burnout video has a 1995 F-150 with a 4.9L V6 and a 5-speed manual transmission.
This certainly isn’t the most powerful truck on the market from 1995, but the inclusion of a 5-speed manual transmission allows this F Series pickup to do one crazy one-wheel burnout.
This 1995 Ford F-150 gets to smoking the right rear tire hard in first gear and the burnout hardly slows as the driver bangs into second gear, the burnout really start creating some serious smoke.
Remarkably, the driver is able to pop this 95 F-150 into 3rd gear and while the RPMs drop a little, the smokey burnout continues for a few more seconds…when the right rear tire comes apart.
Even though the burnout only lasts for about 30 seconds, it is one awesome smoke show that results in a blown tire and a blown tire is the perfect exclamation point on a great burnout.
Crank up your speakers as to hear this V6 F-150 scream and blow a tire. Enjoy!
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
