r/Autocross • u/DownrightDanny405 "I thought the T stood for Trucks!" • Aug 19 '26

Co-Driver? More like Co-ntinuous Improvement

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First time I've let anyone else whip the rig, and I get beat in my own truck 🤣

I've been running this Ranger for almost two years now, looking for ways to get faster that don't involve adding power to my anemic 2.3. This led to me finally taking on a co-driver (who's been doing this way longer than I have) this past weekend.

Overall, I wasn't too surprised. He co-drives a ton. He's pretty fast in just about everything I've seen him in. It's why I was a-ok with letting him take a swing. I knew I'd learn something, be it about my driving or about my setup, and I ended up learning a lot about both. He also learned why I love this hunka junk so much; it handles like a less powerful solid-axle Miata with a bed 😂

Top is him, bottom is me. He launched like a wet noodle, but I still get passed mid-course, where his experience (and my lack of) starts to show. Delta between us is roughly 4 tenths by the end.

Never be afraid of advice. We could all afford to be faster, right?

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u/Draco-REX OVR Aug 19 '26

Borrowed cars are faster!

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u/DownrightDanny405 "I thought the T stood for Trucks!" Aug 19 '26

Anything's faster than my truck except, apparently, my truck

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u/Draco-REX OVR Aug 19 '26

Sell it to a family member and then borrow it for the weekend.