# :laugh::laugh: It's not easy to Co-Pilot [YOUTUBE]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O5uVvwStYxo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O5uVvwStYxo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE]
Cut the guy some slack, their intercom was dead, so she had to yell, and he was swearing at the car because it stalled.
I guess I don't see anything funny about that vid - it was actually quite impressive. Co-driving is much more difficult than driving. Losing the intercom would make it even harder. Given the skill and speed of the driver it's not surprising the codriver got slightly behind on a few corners. Pretty damn good on both their parts imo.
edit - rallying is really, really hard. I've come to have a tremendous amount of respect for the people who have been doing it for a long time - local guys like utecht, cox, and putnam (all on this forum). The amount of blood, sweat, and tears that we put into it makes me very passionate whenever I see threads like this
ah damn, you used my next response :laugh: that driver has some serious skills. and to clarify, losing the intercom is NOT funny - Dave and I have lost part of the intercom before and it sucks (and that was just the codriver losing his side, not the driver). I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just bored and messing with you
At least Dave is very well trained in using hand signals. I've noticed it on a few of your in car videos, but he seems to have the close-fisted, rapid paced up and down gesture down solid.
That is what I call driving at full speed. That is some very impressive driving and the co-driver was also trying very hard. I think females can handle an extreme amount of stress, but maybe not for long as males can. An amazing amount of focus going on in the video there. ~Dan
Let's look at some 2009 results for american rally. Rally America National Championship 1st Super Production, 10th overall codriver: Melissa Keeney 4th Overall codriver: Christine Beavis 11th Overall codriver: Nathalie Richard Rally America Eastern Regional Championship 1st Group5, 1st Overall codriver: Catherine Woods 1st Open, 3rd Overall codriver: Kristin Przybysz Rally America Central Regional Championship 1st Open, 1st Overall codriver: Cynthia Krolikowski 2rd Open, 6th Overall codriver: Corina Soto 2nd Group 5 codriver: Juanita Miller Rally America Northwest Regional Championship 5th Open, 4th Overall: Tracy Manspeaker 1st Production GT, 3rd Overall codriver: Tina Warner 3rd Prodcution GT, 7th Overall codriver: Kathryn Hansen 1st Production codriver: Marie Jacobs 2nd Production codriver: Janice Tabor 2nd Open Light codriver: Kathryn Hansen 3rd Open Light codriver: Teresa Buren Rally America Southwest Regional Championship 1st Open, 2nd Overall codriver: Marra Estep 1st Production GT, 10th Overall codriver: Lea Croteau 2nd Production codriver: Katianna Pihakari 4th Open Light codriver: Rebecca Greek http://rally-america.com/champ_standings.php United States Rally Championship 1st AWD Overall codriver: Marra Estep 4th AWD Overall, 1st Production AWD codriver: Jennifer Hudspeth 3rd 2wd Production codriver: Kacie Webb http://www.unitedstatesrallychampionship.com/Downloads/2009Standingsfinal.pdf
This one is going to end well for you. Before the women on the board tear you a new and bloody one, I'll tell you right now that some of the women I've worked with in EMS and Firefighting are some of the most capable individuals I know of handling extremely stressful situations. Same goes for the ones I know in the military. Also, I think the body chemical you're thinking of is adrenaline. Both sexes are able to produce that.
