Thread: How do you "burn out" a clutch?

I know this will sound funny, but does he always have his hand resting on the shifter knob as he's driving? The weight of his arm, coumpounded by the leverage (due primarily to the length of the shifter) of the entire linkage system, can create a lot of undue pressure and cause a myriad of problems. Whether or not this can directly lead to a burnt out clutch or not, I don't know for certain, but it surely wouldn't help the situation any.