Thats a common way to start a friendly drag from what i have seen in many of these type of videos. None of the wheel spinning as encountered when starting from standstill.
BE extra CAREFUL people!!!... my lovely REX has been raped ... they stole all my meters (apexi) including my NEO AVCR and RSM..my sparco star seats and even my HID .. see ... what dumb ass people would do...