Have a Happy National Donut Day, and Dance Like Nobody's Watching
It’s supposed to be about celebrating sugary rings of fried dough, but automotive enthusiasts know what National Donut Day is really about.
Our vehicles, for the most part, put up with a life of endless drudgery. Driving stoplight to stoplight, hunting for parking at Walmart, putting up with a general lack of maintenance from most owners — it’s a hard, mostly thankless existence.
Sometimes, though, our cars get a chance to break free (well, at least their back ends) and come alive for the pleasure and enjoyment of everyone around. (Minus the police. Police do not like this). Doing a donut — or as the Australians lewdly call it, “circle work” — is an act of free-wheeling rebellion that guarantees a smile, at least until the driver hits something they didn’t see.
Rather than show you fancy driftwork in a purpose-built supercar, we figured undervalued people carriers deserved some limelight. So, check out these tired old mares kicking up their heels before they’re sent off to the glue factory:
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What a wonderful take on a national day of commemoration which I thought was bogus, but is actually real, and began long before anyone realized that donuts are artery pavement, "as a fund raiser for Chicago's The Salvation Army. Their goal was to help those in need during the Great Depression, and to honor The Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers." (Wikipedia) I can certainly get behind all that. My favorite of the videos by far was the last one, starring the Volvo 240.
I rented an LS3 Camaro SS last October. I did unspeakable things to it in the empty parking lot of Compuware Arena after taking in a hockey game. USA!