Sunday, July 12th 2020, eight people gathered one day near the Merryweather Docks and created the idea of a car club called Burnout Nation whilst fishing. All of the members except for one, Don, were a part of the prominent motorcycle club, the Los Santos Motorcycle Club (LSMC). The seven members wanted a change in scenery - changing from motorcycles to cars and Don being a recent addition to the group was all for it as he was a motor-head. The eight members solidified the idea of creating a car club and spent about 5 days brainstorming a name for it - names such as The Los Santos Car Club (LSCC), Street Nation, The Burnouts, and other general ideas for the structure of the club. Everyone was skeptical about all of those names until the then-leader Maccy Kentworth combined "Street Nation" and "The Burnouts" into one - . Everyone loved the idea for the name they would begin to identify themselves as. The name was set, and on Friday, July 17th 2020, Burnout Nation went public. Everything went up from there whether it was the club welcoming in their first few members that did not come over when the founders moved on from the LSMC (Ryan Blackwell, Axel Raven, and Serena Lionetti), or if it was the celebration of having the first car show (~September 10th, 2020). After some time had passed, people left, leaving only four of the original founders, Don, Asbo, Hazel, and Jamie to continue running the club. Throughout the tough times of seeing many of the founders leave, Burnout had continued to prosper.
It was around the 1st of July when Don called Asbo and told him what his plans were for a celebration for Burnout's 3 Year Anniversary. They had planned to go all-out on a car show - hosting a 3-car raffle (one for each year), a car show, and offering food & drink services. Asbo was all for the idea, and the plan was set to do the event on Friday, July 14th, but with unfortunate circumstances, they had moved the event to Sunday, July 23rd. Don was unhappy that they had to reschedule, but him and Asbo both agreed that it was only right to still do something on the actual day of the anniversary, Monday, July 17th. Don had brought up the idea of a low-key bar-b-que at his house followed by a cruise, and Asbo agreed on it. Don sent out texts to members and began to prepare for the bar-b-que - going out and buying supplies for food, making sure that the propane tank in his grill was full, and getting meats to grill from a friend of a friend.
The time came, and Don got to his house and set everything out; paper plates, buns, drinks, and small snack foods.
After placing everything on the table, one of Burnout's Cruisers, Josh Durry arrived. Once Josh arrived Don got his campfire going near some seating, and set everything out on a table. After finishing all of the small prep, he turned on the grill and let it heat up as a couple more people arrived.
Everyone stood around and reminisced on old times, and had general conversations about their days, weeks, music, work, etc. Once the conversations got deep enough Don went over to the grill and began to put on some beef patties and some chicken thighs. After he finished doing that, he went back to the small group and joined in on the conversation - checking on the meats occasionally.
After a few minutes of the food cooking Don made the call to the boys to come get some of it - telling them about all of the plates and food items there were to offer. Everyone swiftly came and got some food and ate it - then continuing to talk as they finished.
Once the conversations started to come to a slow end, Don let everyone know that they were going to go on a short cruise to go see some important placed from Burnout's history and upcoming. The first location being the pond.
As they arrived, Don explained: The pond was not where Burnout Nation was started, but this location is where Burnout gained it's popularity and relevance as it was in the public eye where many people fished at the time. Burnout Nation made many friendships at this location, whether it be random people just asking "what gang are you?" or other interested clubs/groups wanting to work with them on events or general activities. After being at the pond for a little bit, they headed to the next spot - the Merryweather Docks.
After arriving to the exact spot that members originally spoke and came up with the idea, Don explained to them: This is where the actual idea for Burnout Nation was conceived. Burnout used to fish at the pier as their "main spot", but too many people went there to the extent that the LSPD cracked down on people parking on the pier, so they moved there to get away from all of the noise to continue brainstorming ideas for the club. After getting done explaining this and looking out on the steady waters - he got into his car and led everyone to the next spot.
Don, Asbo, and Josh approached the ranch in their cars - everyone immediately recognizing the spot and talking about what they did there. As they spoke, Don interjected and explained: This is the ranch - one of Burnout's "first" Head Quarters. Burnout used to use another location in the city to have meetings and hangout when they weren't fishing, but they moved as there was a plague of car theft ongoing at the time so they moved to a spot a bit more discreet. There were times where they'd have meetings and hear animals in the background or even talking to hunters in the area asking if they had seen any animals as they sat at the HQ. Don finished explaining this and spoke more about a few memories that had happened here, such as the movie night they did in memory of Chadwick Boseman when he passed away, even to the point that the ranch is where Don had became the leader of Burnout Nation when Maccy had decided to move back to the United Kingdom. After a short pause in conversation, they headed to the next, and final location.
Everyone approached the final location - Weazel Plaza Apartments. There was minor confusion from the others as they were not in the club early enough to have been there for this location, but Don explained it: This is the first place that Burnout Nation considered to be their HQ - Asbo's apartment. They did not want to host all of their meetings or activities at the Merryweather Docks or at the Pond near the pier - they wanted a place where they could sit and chat in peace or have a nice evening without being bothered. This location was their headquarters for a short time as there was a plague of car theft in the area and they were unable to do anything inside without having to go downstairs to check on a car alarm going off - even there being a point where Don was held at gunpoint and the rest of the club saved him and took down 4 armed criminals ((2-0 baby)). After that incident, Jamie informed everyone that he had a house that is out of the way that they can use to have meetings. From that point on they used the ranch to do their business.
After getting to the last location is became very dark. Everyone's stomachs were still full from the bar-b-que from earlier, and tired from driving around and overall hanging out for the evening. Don let them know what was planned for the public event to celebrate the 3 year anniversary, and everyone was excited for it. Everyone split off and went to sleep for the evening and Don sat back and reminisced on the last 3 years - then heading to his home in Mirror Park and going to sleep.
