Why Do Drag Race Car Tires Wrinkle? 🤔 Explained

Credits: Driver61 on YT Sholar_Racing on YT MuscleCarHeat on YT BuiltDieselMafia on YT NHRA on YT RaceCarRichie on YT Did you know that when cars are launched in a drag race, their tires get wrinkled? You see, dragsters are some of the fastest accelerating machines globally, producing up to 11,000 horsepower. To put that into perspective, it's more than 12 F1 cars combined. They use specialized soft tires with low air pressure to maximize grip. When they are launched with that immense torque, the tires undergo some serious wrinkling, causing the diameter to shrink by 8 inches. What's even more impressive is that as they pick up speed, their tires actually expand due to centrifugal force