DRY CLUTCH CLASSES "CLARIFICATION"?

[Blaine Robert Young]

AT BARNESVILLE ONE CONTESTANT IN A DRY CLUTCH CLASS HAD A HARTMAN CLUTCH WITH SWING ARMS.  I ASKED GARY W. ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE RULE SUGGESTED THAT HARTMAN'S WITH SWING ARMS WERE OUTLAWED.  HE SAID THE INTENT WAS TO BAN THE LAST ITERATION OF HARTMANS WITH THE "SLIPPER" ADJUSTMENT DEVICE.  HE SAID THE ORIGINAL ALUMINUM ARMS WERE OK BUT THE LATER METAL ARMS WERE NOT.  

I'M SIMPLY CONFUSED.  IT WOULD PROBABLY BE USEFUL TO HAVE VKA CLARIFY WHAT THEIR INTENT IS IN THIS RULE.  I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I FIRST SAW HARTMAN OIL CLUTCHES BEING RUN DRY.  THEY SEEMED TO WORK A LOT BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.  LONGEVITY SEEMED UNLIKELY TO BE GREAT.

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