WCRA website promoting Stage and TSD Rally Sport in British Columbia
Article 3 - Rate Your Navigator

RATE YOUR NAVIGATOR

    In each category circle the statement that best describes your navigator.

    A READING ABILITY

               1.Just finished "War and Peace".
               2.Reads "Road & Track" each month.
               3.Has trouble with "Dick, Jane and Spot".

    B STOMACH

               1.Can eat dinner before rallye and not get sick.
               2.Carries own paper bag.
               3.Forgets bag, but needed it!

    C COOPERATION

               1.Speaks in low, soothing tones when telling driver where to go.
               2.Screams profanity when driver misses three turns in a row.
               3.Gets out and stomps away before the end of the odometer check.

    D PIT STOP

               1.Any back road in 30 seconds or less.
               2.Large select bush in under a minute.
               3.Shell stations only and at least once per leg.

    E COORDINATION

               1.Can juggle clipboard, spotlight, pencil and soda without mishap.
               2.Never drops Route Instructions.
               3.Shines spotlight in driver's eyes when going 54.5 mph.

    F MEMORY

               1.Has trouble remembering Notes A, B, C, D, E and F all at once.
               2.Has trouble remembering where he put his pencil.
               3.Has trouble remembering what a Checkpoint is.

    G INTELLIGENCE

               1.Holds Law Degree from Stanford.
               2.Reads 'Bloom County' every morning.
               3.Eighth grade graduate of Slipshod Junior High.

    H COURAGE

               1.Never tells driver to slow down.
               2.Prays very quietly.
               3.Screams at top of lungs for release from car driven by maniac.

    I GIVES CREDIT WHERE DUE - MAKES STATEMENTS LIKE:

               1.I have the world's greatest driver.
               2.We're a good team, at least we finished.
               3.I wish I'd have walked.

    SCORING - Add up the numbers you have circled and compare to the following:

        8 or less - You can't add!
        9 - 13 - A great navigator, don't let him/her get away.
        14 - 19 - You might ask navigator to pay half the rallye expenses.
        20 - 24 - Your navigator should pay you to drive.
        25 - 27 - If you're married to your navigator you have grounds for divorce.
 

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