The NMRA hosted the McLeod Racing Killer Clutch Shootout at their Norwalk stop over the weekend of June 14-16, 2013, at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. 

The Killer Clutch Shootout was held in conjunction with the NMRA’s Tremec True Street class, which had more than 110 participants – half of whom relied on stick shift transmissions. The winner, Brian Krakowski, utilized a McLeod Racing RXT Twin Disc clutch in his 1995 Mustang GT. The car was built with help from Doug Vanstrom at Vanstrom Performance and tuned by Adam Marrer of POPs Racing and turned in the quickest and fastest True Street stick shift elapsed times during the course of the event. Krakowski put together a 10.554, 10.710, and 10.886 three-run grouping for a 10.717 average elapsed time.

The NMRA’s True Street class is the one class where a competitor can bring their car in right off the street and take part in competition – the thirty mile cruise and back-to-back-to-back passes certainly separate the men from the boys, and makes Krakowski’s performance even more amazing. Advances in clutch design and tuning over the last several years, specifically in the area of dual-disc clutches, make it possible to have a clutch that can survive the type of abuse the dragstrip inflicts and still remain viable on the street.

“As a racer myself, it was great to support the men and women that race in the NMRA,” says Paul Lee, NHRA Funny Car Driver and McLeod Racing owner. “It was awesome to see the True Street class loaded with stick shift cars and the fastest stick shift car of the weekend equipped with our RXT Street Twin.”