Originally Posted by Transman
It’s not inertia that does this. Inertia keeps things either at a standstill or a constant speed.
By a stretch it could be called kinetic energy

I’m betting you will find that it is caused by “fire in the holes”.
Fuel fed to the engine to maintain or accelerate under a given load (launching the car or in a burnout) then all of s sudden the load disappears.






Physics class was a LOOONNNGGG time ago so probably using the wrong name for the property. Stored kinetic or potential energy? Same principle that if you are going down the freeway at 75 mph and lose a wheel, causes the wheel to accelerate past you and disappear.

Kevin