NQ PRO BURNOUTS is a tyre frying showcase of horsepower from the tuffest cars in the region with a massive 1st place cash prize of $3,000!!!

THE tyre smashing NQ PRO Burnouts is back on in 2010 to send more tyres to the burnout gods! Make sure you don't miss the biggest tyre frying showcase of horsepower to hit Cairns this year.

Last year Benny Circle took home the win and $3,000 in his back pocket in his Pavtek powered Cortina. He'll be back again to defend his title as the NQ PRO Burnouts champion, but you can bet that he will have some tough competition!

This year there is more money up for grabs and by popular demand, a bigger pad! Last year winner took all, this year? $3,000 for first place, $1,000 for 2nd and third takes home $500. Did I mention the pad is now BIGGER?

Gates open from 11AM with the 4cyl, 6cyl, 8 cyl and Ladies classes qualifying until 2PM and heats/finals follow until 6PM. The NQ PRO Burnouts kicks off at 7PM with the best local cars in the North destroying tyres in the hope to take home the big money.

PRO Entrant cars may be registered or non-registered. Blown, aspirated or turboed. Any fuel (meth, pump, etc) is allowed. NO RESTRICTIONS NO LIMITS! Anything goes! The only restriction is your car must be presentable. This does not mean it must be a show car, but it must not be a shit box either!

PRO Competitors do not need to "qualify". We know you can smash tyres! Each competitor is only required to do one burnout and is judged on the first 90 seconds. One skid, make it count. PRO entrant cars may skid throughout the day if you wish but will not be judged.

As usual judging will be based on instany smoke (out of 10), constant smoke ( out of 10), driver control (out of 20) and vehicle performance (out of 10) for a total possible points of 50. For further details on judging see here.

MEET & GREET: For those wanting to catch up and have a brew with the other competitors and event staff come on down to The Rock Tavern on Friday night, August 6th. We'll be meeting there from 7PM. On the Bruce Highway, The Rock Tavern has plenty of parking and is easily accessible. Click here to see a map.

Already this is panning out to be a huge event! If you have any queries please contact us.

 

Smoke was sent to the heavens in memory of Scotty Joseph.

What a spectacular start fo the 2010 burnout season. The event had a great line up of cars competiting for all the classes. The new bigger pad was a huge benefit to drivers and they made use of every inch of it, wipping their cars harder than ever!

On top of the great show from the burnout competitiors, the Springmount Drag Racing Club came out and burned some rubber in the name of FNQ motor sport. Head on over to the Springmount Drag Racing Club to see how you can help the dream of having a drag strip in FNQ.

A first time finalist, and win for the 6cyl class was the Bentley Park School car driven by Joe Borlese. It's worth mentioning that their VK Commodore is worked on by the students to increase their mechanical edution and Joe, the teacher, takes it out to give it a hard time. Congratulations to Joe and all the children who worked on this car.

Colin Wolfe wasn't able to hold on to the Scotty Joseph trophy this year, but took out the 8 cylinder class in his VS Commodore ute.

For the first time the open class got very competitive with 7 entries all putting on an awesome show for the crowd. Benny Circle had the edge taking home the open class trophy.

A first time female competitor, Gemma Procak, showed that it's not just for the boys and took the win for the ladies category.

And finally the Scotty Joseph perpetual trophy winner for the best skid of the night was taken home by Laurie Sultana.

Special thanks must go to our major sponsor of the night, Southside New & Used. Thanks Richo, Jason and the boys. Of course these events are not possible without our sponsors, so further thanks goes to Pacific Radiators, Cape York Automotive, Cairns Brakes & Safety, Hydraulink, Totally Workwear, Cairns Towing and Cougar Motors.

Thank you all and see you all at the biggest tyre smashing event in Cairns, the NQ PRO Burnouts on August 7th.

UPDATE: TEST & TUNE CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!

The 2010 burnout season will commence April 17th with the Scotty Joseph Memorial.

Last year Colin Wolfe took the Scotty Joseph perpetual trophy away from Brenton Miller who had won it two years running. We expect a great turnout of both competitors and spectators for this first meet of the year, and the competition will be fierce to try and take the trophy from Colin.

Did I mention that the pad is now BIGGER? Come down and smash some tyres on the new pad. It's bigger and better than ever and waiting to have some tyres destroyed on it.

As usual the gates will open at 2PM with qualifying until 6PM followed by the heats & finals until 10PM.

Classes are as per norm (4 cylinder, 6 cylinder, 8 cylinder, open class and ladies) with prize money and trophies for each class.

Cairns Burnout pad goes super-sized.

The burnout pad has been the same size for a long time and I bet you're thinking "It's about due to get some extra space to destroy tyres out there!"

Well gues what? That time has come. We are working hard to have this all done before the first meet of the year!

The pad will be over 600sqm in 2010! More room to throw your car around and send those tyres to the burnout gods!

Here are some photos of the progress so far. We expect this to be finished by March 14th, ready for the TEST & TUNE on April 3rd and the first compeitition of the year on April 17th!

 

 

 

Thad pad has been completed now and is ready to go! See you all out there at the first competition on April 17th!

2009 is gone, but the burnouts continue.

Well not much has been said since the end of 2009 but things are still on the go! I've been flat out with work and sorting out dates, posters, fliers, sponsors, etc for the burnout year and thought it about time to get the site updated.

I am happy to announce that we have been successful in obtaining four competition nights this year. As usual, the first meeting of the year is the Scotty Joseph Memorial Burnouts. For those of you who don’t know, Scotty was an enthusiastic burnout competitor who passed away suddenly in 2007. Scotty was a regular in his show standard 302 Windsor powered XF sedan and is sadly missed.

Last year Colin Wolfe took the Scotty Joseph perpetual trophy away from Brenton Miller who had won it two years running. We expect a great turnout for both competitors and spectators for this first meet of the year, and the competition will be fierce to try and take the trophy from Colin.

This year we intend to extend the burnout pad an additional 3 to 4 meters on two sides making the total size around 24 by 24 meters. This will be a great addition, especially for the bigger cars.  Other than that the competitions will run as per normal with a 2PM kick off - qualifying till 6PM, then heats and finals till 10PM excluding the "NQ PRO Burnouts" which will kick off at 11AM.

The first NQ PRO Burnouts was run in 2009 and was hugely successful with a massive crowd through the gate and over 20 of the tuffest cars in North Queensland attending. With $3,000 up for grabs for the winner, the competition was fierce to try and take the title of NQ PRO Burnout Champion home. A Cairns local, Benny Circle, took the win in his TD Cortina and will be back to defend his title this year.

The committee are happy to receive any constructive criticism and suggestions which can help us improve the events. If you have any feedback, comments or suggestions please let us know via e-mail or call us. Remember we are all volunteers donating our time to the motor sports we love and anything that can help us improve the events is always welcomed.

NQ PRO BURNOUTS is a tyre frying showcase of horsepower from the tuffest cars in the region with a massive 1st place cash prize of $3,000!!!

What an amazing show! During the day 40 six and eight cylinder cars smashed tyres in the lead up to the 21 PRO cars at night who put on a killer show!

The competition was fierce with every car putting in all they had. IBLOWN, PROTD, CASPER and a few others scored extremely well but Benny Circle had what it took to take out the win in his Cortina for the night taking home the trophy, Top 10 number plate and $3,000 in cash!

Special thanks for all the drivers (especially those traveling), sponsors, volunteers, judges, and everyone else who made the event possible. A shout must go out to all the Novelty Import girls for coming up from Townsville to put on a show for all the entrants after the show finished.

Visit NQ PRO Burnouts Gallery

 

 

 

 

See you all at the next event!