This amazing burnout video features a pair of worked 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 coupes doing monster burnouts with huge Santa Claus hats on their roofs. One of these supercharged Camaros is owned by ZL1 Tommy, whose Camaro videos have been featured several times here on LS1Tech. The other Camaro is owned by another customer of the Houston House of Power. HHP being the shop that has done the work on ZL1 Tommy’s Camaro and the group who put together this video.
The video begins with a collection of customers from the Houston House of Power performing a brief mannequin challenge with their cars. This collection of Corvettes and Camaros, which are likely all high performance monsters, but we don’t get to see them do anything. The mannequin challenge portion of the video also shows a couple of Camaro ZL1s side by side with Santa hats and out in front of them is a young lady – wearing an “ugly sweater” and holding a bottle of nitrous.
She moves, breaking the mannequin challenge and opening the nitrous bottle. As the gas spews into the atmosphere, both Camaro ZL1 begin roasting the tires while Christmas music blares in the background. From there, it is just 30 seconds of incredible ZL1 burnout, with the roar of the LT4s blended with the heavy metal Christmas music.
The video ends with a wish of Merry Christmas from the Houston House of Power, and in my opinion – this is both the greatest Christmas car video and the best mannequin challenge video I have seen.
Best of all, in addition to the beautifully produced video shown first, there is also a short video shot from the side, showing the burnout without the music.
Part of the fun of this video is the background music and the LT4s sound wicked in the second video, so crank up your speakers and enjoy some dueling Camaro ZL1 burnout action!
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
