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03-16-2002, 04:20 PM | #1 | |
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Where to co-drive??
Does anyone know where i can catch a ride as a co-driver. I have been reading this bad-ass book on how to navigate rallys, i wanna co-drive soooo bad.
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03-18-2002, 10:58 AM | #2 | ||
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"And flat right 50 minus to flat left gravel maybe And crest to down right 30" |
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The thing that throws me off is the fact that by the time the driver's taking one turn, the co-driver is reading off the next two turns. Once I think I've got it figured out, they go and do something that contradicts it all. Enlish has got to be one of the best languages to co-drive with. We can just say "left" the Spanish speakers have to say "izquierda." They have to say so many more words/syllables to equal us. Gives you a new respect for Carlos Sainz and his co-driver.
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04-28-2002, 10:32 AM | #6 | |
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Sorry guys, meant to do this a while ago,
here is the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...04#reader-link |
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Well, if you're in the U.S. you don't need to know all that, "downhill three left minus slippy" stuff. With rare exceptions, we don't use pacenotes here. Co-driving is MUCH easier in blind (non-pacenote) rallies. Judging by some of the moron co-drivers I've seen who have never even read the rulebook, there aren't too many barriers to entry!
Pick an event near you, and post on the co-drivers section at specialstage.com that you're a novice looking for a ride. Download the ProRally rulebook from http://www.scca.org/amateur/performa...ly/02rulebook/ and read up on timing and control procedures so at least you'll know the basics. Your driver will tell you how he wants the routebook called anyway. Good luck! Jon www.rallystuff.com |
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05-09-2002, 10:28 AM | #8 | |
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Yea i noticed that in the coverage of the SCCA prorally, they dont have pacenotes..........why is that, I'm sure it would be much safer and the stage times would be much quicker? Sop what is the need for a co-driver anyway?
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05-09-2002, 08:48 PM | #9 | |
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Jury's out on the safety issue. It's definitely safer on tarmac rallies, but on dirt/gravel the road conditions change much more. Pacenotes can encourage you to charge 10/10ths into a blind corner only to find mud or loose gravel. I guess if you have a car prerun for you in the morning you can figure that stuff out, but we're still very low budget compared to the WRC.
Even without pacenotes, you'll have important or dangerous turns indicated in a route book, so the co-driver keeps track of that. But, like I said, without pacenotes there's a lot less to do. |
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05-10-2002, 01:38 PM | #10 | |
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Just hang on huh? So how long before you think we will have a WRC leg here in the states? That'll be the day
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05-12-2002, 05:05 PM | #11 | |
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Well, we sure could have used you this weekend. The Sawmill ClubRally in Morris, PA (up in the northern middle of PA) had several drivers who couldn't find co-drivers for the event. It's just a 30 mile ClubRally, but if you'd been there with a suit and a helmet you could have gone for a fun ride!
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05-12-2002, 05:20 PM | #12 | |
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YEA!!! That would have been sweet! But I'm here in Chicago, kinda far.....but hell lemme know about the next one and I'll see what i can do, its not THAT far...I mean comeon, I NEED TO RALLY!!!!
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Re: Where to co-drive??
There's the Rally America Sno*Drift, I think it's in Houghton, MI, but you aren't going to be able to just ride unless you are licensed. Usually if an event is sanctioned at all that is what you are going to find. Besides, if you want to go along for a ride that's one thing but if you want to co-drive you have to know what you doing. Anything less and a driver who lets you co-drive really deserves what will likely happen to his/her car. A co-driver is meant to be much more than a ballast to preload the suspension.
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