Clutch Girl Gear was founded by Tinzy Smith in order to
facilitate a need for creative merchandising products in the automotive world
and to share her love of drag racing. Tinzy is a crew member and clutch person
on Cale Aronson’s Mountain Motor Pro Stock car. She works side by side with her
fiancé and father in law on their family operated team at Aronson Motorsports.
She is in charge of clutch maintenance, between round service, data management,
and starting line prep. Over the years, she gradually gained the nickname
“Clutch Girl” by fans and colleague’s in the class, as most were not accustomed
to seeing a woman changing counter weight in the lanes, covered in clutch dust.
The products available at Clutch Girl Gear are a direct expression of her love
for the sport and her desire to share it with others!
“My Products are
created out of the things around me. I started off in 2007 making VHT Candles
that had the scent of track prep in the morning, which we have all grown to
love. I have since perfected the scent and process to make them and we are
developing new scents as we speak that will be even more exciting. In addition
we created a line of carbon fiber jewelry as it is my favorite material to work with. It allows
racers to show their love of the sport regardless of the environment they are
in. We are constantly developing new products such as our coloring books that
have helped educated kids about the sport as well as give them something fun to
do.”
We look forward
to expanding our product line and will be expanding our line of racing candles
in the very near future!