tire smoke
Drag strip haze
Tire smoke is the white or gray cloud produced when tires spin rapidly against pavement, vaporizing rubber through friction.
It's associated with burnouts, drag racing, and drifting—situations where drivers deliberately sacrifice traction for spectacle: The car left the line in a cloud of tire smoke.
The smell is acrid and unmistakable.
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- burn rubberAccelerate rapidly, spinning tires
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- screechHigh, harsh cry
asphalt · donuts · laying rubber · dragstrip · drag race · skidmarks · black marks · traction · fumes · peel out · horsepower · muscle car · haze · acrid · squeal · spinning · wheelie · hot rod
- Driftingdrift, drifting, countersteer, countersteering, counter-steering
- tire slipburnout, skid, drift, slide, spinout