Mopar's NEW 340 Engine

Orange County International Raceway. I got to go there once in 1980... on a Saturday I believe it was. Just a weekly event but there was everything from funny cars on down. And I remember that unique tower. I read that it shut down in the early 1980s. Sad. Just looked it up and found this really good article from NHRA.
The rise and fall of Orange County Int'l Raceway
One thing I noticed about the front cover... rear tires smoking with front wheels in the air. Does this happen? I can understand a little residual smoke or was this an airbrushed photo?