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Rally Co-Driving 101, a basic introduction.

There are some people that would like to get into competing in performance rally but don’t know where to start. Co-driving is a good place to begin, some make a “career” of co-driving, some move over to the dark side and start driving and running their own car.

There always seems to be a shortage of co-drivers and even if you want to start co-driving there isn’t any real formal training easily available. KWRC is going to offer an introduction to co-driving on Saturday April 4, 2026. The headquarters will be in Ingersoll.

This isn’t a comprehensive course but it will touch on a some of the basics. We’ll do an hour of “in-class” discussion about performance rally, the structure, making notes and timing. Then we’ll go out on the road with some experienced people to recce a “stage” then run that stage with timecards to show how the timing works. We’ll have main time controls, a service and a finish. We’ll probably have a turn around stage just so you can see how that works.

None of this will involve speed or “rally driving”. We’ll be using open public roads and driving below the posted limit on the “stages”.

We haven’t done this before but here is our initial plan:

• Arrive for 10AM, we’ll have coffee and snacks
• Route books  handed out, Introduction of officials
• A short talk about co-drivers duties and the importance to the team
• Safety equipment
• Some ideas about writing notes during recce
• Emergency procedures, Triangles, the red cross and OK sign
• Route cards

Then we move into the practical portion:

• Driving out to do one-pass recce of the route
• Back to HQ for the official start
• Transit to the stage – check in and traverse stage 1
• Turnaround for stage 2
• Transit back to HQ for service
• Transit to Stage 3, check in and run stage 3
• Transit around to run stage 4
• Transit to the finish and check in.

Summing up:

• Check in at final control (MTC)
• Checking scoring and the notice board
• Procedure for inquiring scoring errors and other inquiries.
• Q & A

It’s meant to be a low key, low stress introduction to co-driving. We provide the cars and drivers who have rally experience. No safety equipment is required, all you need is a notepad and a pen. You don’t need to have a drivers license but we may need a special waiver if you are under 18.

Our plan was to limit this to about six students but we could accommodate more if there is a demand. The cost will be $40 if you are not a member of a CARS affiliated club or $20 if you are.

Questions – martin.loveridge.rally@gmail.com