Breaking in a clutch

[slowaudi]

I'm replacing the clutch of my Audi next Wednesday. I ordered a nifty South Bend OFE Stage III clutch in anticipation of the chip that I hope to buy for the car, and the break-in period for the clutch is supposedly 1000 miles. Does that mean no autocrossing for 1000 miles? Or would occassional hard launches during a clutch's break-in period be okay?

[Moody]

1000 miles seems like a long break-in period to me. I would at least break it in with as much in-town driving as possible before taking it out to the autox, although I only had about 50 miles on my clutch before the Parkland event this year.