{"id":6970,"date":"2020-10-20T03:24:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/burnout-boss-highlights-perth-motorplex-video"},"modified":"2023-08-14T23:38:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:38:52","slug":"burnout-boss-highlights-perth-motorplex-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/tv\/burnouts\/burnout-boss-highlights-perth-motorplex-video","title":{"rendered":"Burnout Boss highlights at Perth Motorplex \u2013 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AFTER an unseasonably long break due to that bastard COVID cough, burnouts finally returned to Perth Motorplex on 17 October, with record spectator and entrant numbers rocking up for Burnout Boss.<\/p>\n
Our resident burnout filmographer Peter Flint was on the ground behind both the camera and the wheel, and reckons Burnout Boss was one of the biggest events he has ever seen at the ’Plex. “It was nuts; the atmosphere was insane,” he says. “Before COVID, they might struggle to get 3000 spectators for the whole event, whereas on the weekend there were 3500 people through the gates before the comp had started!” By the time the pros hit the pad after dark, 8000 spectators filled the venue – the biggest crowd there in 10-plus years.<\/p>\n
The entrant list was also stacked to unseen heights, with 147 drivers well and truly eclipsing the 50-80 entrants normally seen at the ’Plex. “They had to start the event earlier and time them to get through them all; 40-50 of them alone were six-banger cars,” says Flinty.<\/p>\n