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  2. Blowout (tire) - Wikipedia

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    Automobile tire damaged after an impact. A blowout (also known as a burst) is a rapid, explosive loss of inflation pressure of a pneumatic tire.. The primary cause for a blowout is encountering an object that cuts or tears the structural components of the tire to the point where the structure is incapable of containing the compressed air, with the escaping air adding to further tear through ...

  3. Burnout (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Burnout in the box at Tarlton International Raceway, South Africa Fire burnout, Santa Pod Raceway, UK. The origins of burnouts can be traced to drag racing, where they have a practical purpose: drag racing slicks perform better at higher temperatures, and a burnout is the quickest way to raise tire temperature immediately prior to a race.

  4. Flat tire - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause of a flat tire is the puncturing of the tire by a sharp object, such as a nail or pin, letting the air escape. Depending on the size of the blowout, the tire may deflate slowly or rapidly. [1] A flat tire in a busy district in Lagos, Nigeria. A vehicle with a flat tire can cause local delays in traffic.

  5. Richard Hammond reveals lasting health effects of horrific ...

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    In 2016, Hammond was driving a jet-powered dragster at 319mph on the motoring show when a tyre burst at 319mph, causing him to career out of control and land upside down in a field.

  6. Skid (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    A burnout is when a car intentionally locks the front wheels to hold the car in place while spinning the rear wheels. The dynamic friction of the spinning tire against the road causes significant amounts of the tire's rubber to be deposited onto the road surface, and increased temperature from friction usually creates dense white smoke.

  7. Tire maintenance - Wikipedia

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    There are several factors that may cause quicker tire wear, among them there are heavy braking and fast cornering, constant heavy cargo transportation and rough roads, improper pressure (under- or overinflation) as the tire with low pressure cause the tire wear from the tires edges while the tire with high pressure cause the tire wear from the ...

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