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Tommy Brown
Norwalk Karting Association,
Norwalk, CT
2011 Sprint Senior Raptor Class Champion
2011 Nutemeg Kart Club – 2nd place points finish in Flat Kart Clones
Robert Brown, Dad, Mechanic and Owner of the #25 from Old Greewich, CT wrote:
“Aside from the fact that the Vortex clutch is extremely durable and almost indestructible, it is light and engages smoothly so it will not spin the rear tires. From a mechanic's point of view it is the easiest clutch to rebuild and maintain. There is no need to measure spring heights for rpm engagement, the five adjusting holes make it a snap to set up. You can rebuild this clutch in virtually seconds. The rebuild kit comes with clutch discs, drive plates and screws to do the job. There is no need to send the clutch out. Even the beginner dad or mechanic can do it. This clutch powered my son to his 2011 Championship. I would not use anything else but Vortex!”
Will Delaney
Daytona Road Racing Championships Daytona Beach, FL,
December 28-30, 2011
Junior Animal Sprint Heavy Champion
Don Delaney from Tuscaloosa, Alabama wrote:
"Just a sincere "Thank You" to SMC for an incredible clutch. My son won Jr. Animal Sprint Heavy at Daytona yesterday with the new Roller Lever single disc Vortex. And the best part....we didn't have to touch the clutch the whole week !!! Not one single adjustment was necessary !! This bulletproof clutch let us concentrate on his driving and the chassis. What an amazing piece !!! Thank You !!!"
Charlotte Lalonde
CanadianWinner's Circle
Paul Lalonde from Le Circuit Quyon in Ottawa, Ontario Canada wrote:
"Here are a pictures of my daughter Charlotte who won the pre-final and final at our last club race in Ottawa, Ontario Canada last weekend (Sept. 2011). We have been running the dragonskin clutch for 7 years and so does all the club members.
I bought a Vortex clutch (non roller style levers) a couple of years ago but could not fit it on either my kids kart due to it's size and the way we had the seat positioned, would clear the engine or seat, so it sat in the trailer for 3 years. This year we became CRG dealers and Charlotte wanted to try one out. Bolted a new LO 206 Briggs and off to the track we went.
Engine break in fine. Start pouring it on and clutch fails. Stick another Draggonskin on, snap the key way........out of clutches......Let's try this thing that's been bouncing around the trailer for a couple of year. To our amazement, we were faster just by bolting the Vortex on. After a half dozen races we realized this thing (the Vortex) is amazing, very little to maintain, easy to set up and change engagement, release and engagement are precise and consistent.
It's been our little speed secret until last weekend when other racers noticed it at tech when Charlotte lined up for a tear-down. Awesome product, reliable, cheap to maintain and fast out of the box.
Thanks SMC."
Regards,
Paul Lalonde
Le Circuit Quyon
Spencer Patterson
2011 WKA Mid-Atlantic Series Junior Sportsman 1 Heavy Champion
Guy Patterson from Harrisburg, PA wrote:
"I have used your clutches on my son's kart since he started racing four stroke racing. This year we upgraded to the new roller levers and won the WKA Mid-Atlantic Series Junior Sportsman 1 Heavy championship. Apart from the speed, I like how easy the clutch is to adjust and maintain.
Spencer, Bandit , GT Machines (Dave Koehler) and an SMC Roller Lever clutch were an unbeatable combination in 2011."
September 2011
Indiana State Champion
Open Class 
Cecil Grubb from Washington, IN wrote:
"We recently purchased two of your new three disc clutches for our brand new wedge body twin F200 outlaw go kart,we just got these in time for the Indiana State Championship race held Sept 2nd-4th, 2011 in Crawdfordsville, at Ben Hur Speedway. We feel the new roller clutches were instrumental in us winning the State Championship Outlaw class for 2011. We may very well switch our other outlaw kart over to the same clutch soon for the Indoor Series at Duquoin Il for 2011/2012."
Cecil Grubb
Team Manager 88 and 43
G.D.A.C.
August 2011
"My son Devin Dowell is 17. He has been racing dirt ovals with 2-Disc Vortexes for 2 years now in Stock Flathead & Stock Animal & Stock Clone Engine classes. Racing in the North Carolina King of the Clay series & several local tracks: Wood Leaf Speedway & Coleridge Speedway in North Carolina. We Find the 2-Disc Vortex to be a good consistent & reliable clutch in the classes we run. With the new Roller Levers from SMC, the Vortex Clutch also seems to work really smooth. We like the silver springs in the third hole on our 2-Disc Vortex in Stock Flathead & Stock Clone, and when we Race Stock Animal we like the black springs on the Vortex in the third hole seems to work really well. Just keep the clutch clean after each weekend of racing by blowing the dust off and wiping the basket clean. The only problem I see in Dirt Racing is about once a month the tabs on the weight levers rust a little
bit and need to be sand blasted with the hub. But overall the clutch works real well from what I have seen in oval racing."
"Good luck to everyone racing
SMC clutches & products."
-Michael & Devin Dowell
Spring 2011 - Payton Pierce
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