Out of Service; Errors of Intent vs Inexperience
At one of my very first rallies, I navigated us out of service (cars are allowed to stop at specific intervals during a two day stage rally to service the car and fuel up,) to the next stage. Upon arrival, it was clear that we were the first car there! Sounds exciting right??! ...except we were not in first place. At this particular rally, when we were still running the fitful and chronically heartbreaking Mazda 323-GTX, we were likely not even in the top 10. I frantically looked through my book and quickly found my error. Photo: Rhianon Gelsomino; OZ Pro Rally Most codrivers use Post-It tabs along the side or top edge of their 100-200 page route books so that stage and transit information can be accessed quickly. For example, stage 5 might be marked "SS-5", and the transit from stage 5 to the service area might read "5 --> SVC". Well, instead of taking us out of the FIRST daily service to the next stage, I flipped the book to what re...