Here in the PRK, even if you're not engaged in a "speed contest" a cop can cite you for "exhibition of speed" or "reckless driving" the definition of both is somewhat ambiguous. Spinning your tires but never exceeding the speed limit is an exhibition of speed. Spinning donuts is reckless driving.

23109. (a) A person shall not engage in a motor vehicle speed
contest on a highway. As used in this section, a motor vehicle speed
contest includes a motor vehicle race against another vehicle, a
clock, or other timing device. For purposes of this section, an event
in which the time to cover a prescribed route of more than 20 miles
is measured, but where the vehicle does not exceed the speed limits,
is not a speed contest.
(b) A person shall not aid or abet in any motor vehicle speed
contest on any highway.
(c) A person shall not engage in a motor vehicle exhibition of
speed on a highway, and a person shall not aid or abet in a motor
vehicle exhibition of speed on any highway.

The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway