How did this come about?
Have Dan and I had an acrimonious split over spraying too much champagne at each other during our victory celebrations for coming first in class at Headwaters Rally?
No, far from it.
Dan finds himself in the honoured position of being a speaker at a major GIS conference in Germany speaking on GIS in racing, (GIS = Geographic Information Systems) whilst the rally is going on. Clearly taking part in the OFR is not on the cards.
"If you're not going to be in the country during Ojibwe, then I'll have to find myself a driver." I teased as we were running recce for Headwaters.
"Sure." He said. "By all means do. If you can get a co-drive that'll be great."
It would certainly be good experience for me. To work with someone else, see how they work as a driver and to adapt what I do to them. I do have several co-driving friends who have been, or still are "co-drivers for hire". Despite being recently laid off from my job of 14 years, it's certainly not going to be a career move. I'd just like to co-drive at OFR, and I'll contribute to entry fees as well.
If I'm going to do a really hard sell on me. The stats speak for themselves. Though I've only completed two rallies as co-driver, both times we've podiumed. A third in class at Nemadji in December and first in class at Headwaters a few weeks ago, so I must be doing something right. As of now I'm more successful as a rally co-driver than the Minnesota Twins are as a baseball team...
If you need a co-driver and would like to use my services, you should also expect to have our rallying endeavours reported here. If none of this puts you off, then leave me a message in the comments or if you know me through Facebook, you can message me there.
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