White smoke from car's doing burn outs (which is when three or four people will hold a car in place as the wheels spin and send up big clouds of white smoke) linger in the head lights of approaching cars outside the funeral home after Ronney’s hearse had left with his body.  Ronney's friends performed this ritual as a tribute and send off to their champ.


All photographs and text copyright © 2008 Michael M. Koehler