Car guys don’t tend to be the “protest” type, and rarely will you find a collection of souped up muscle cars, exotics, or imports attending the latest “Save the African Treefrog” rally. However, when a cause is great enough, and the forces that be so unjust that even car guys cannot stand for it, then you’d better believe car guys will out their picket signs and prepare for the loudest protest you’ve ever heard.

So it shouldn’t be at all surprising that the top three racers from the Australian V8 Supercar series protested a recent ban on burnouts in victory lane, by doing burnouts in victory lane. The showing prompted V8 supercars to overturn the ban, reports Fox Sports/SpeedTV.

Just as officials here in America have attempted to tone down the on-track drama by penalizing racers for being themselves, Australian racing officials recently put a ban on burnouts on the way to the podium. Apparently their leader, Buzz Killington, wants to make racing a “proper” sport. Whatever. After this weekend’s race in Perth, the winning racers were supposed to line up and proceed to the podium in an orderly fashion. But they didn’t, and with race winner Jamie Whincup leading the way the three podium finishers proceeded to put on some rubber-burning protest action. Take note hippies; this is how you make a statement.

And it worked. On Monday V8 Supercar CEO Martin Whitaker announced that after reviewing the rules, the ban on celebratory burnouts will be lifted. That didn’t take long. Who needs cardboard signs and catchy slogans when you’ve got V8 Supercars to shred tires to make a point.