SCORE Journal - The Official Publication of SCORE Off-Road Racing
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Navigators Raising The Bar By Dan Sanchez In this issue, we spoke to several navigators in various classes about the changing roles for this position in the righthand seat. What we learned from them is that vehicle speeds have increased in many of these classes, and because of this, the accuracy and ability to call out turns and obstacles in advance require much more focus for navigators. In many cases, drivers are moving so fast along the desert that they are almost driving blind at some points on the course, relying on the skills and intuition of their navigators. We also learned that knowledge of the vehicle, what it does in certain circumstances, and how a driver will react, is also a part of what navigators must add to their skillset in order to compete at the highest levels. We were lucky enough to speak to navigators like Oren Anderson, Kyle Craft, Jason Duncan, Mike Diorio, Emma Cornwell, and Hailey Hein, all navigators with different perspectives. One thing they all had in common was a family history in off-road racing and a love for being in the righthand seat. A special thanks to Jack Wright at nMedia3 for his effort to create this issue's cover and get portrait shots of some of the navigators before they headed off to Ensenada, Mexico for the SCORE Baja 400. As I'm writing this, four of the six navigators we interviewed for this issue finished first in their class at the race. Our congratulations to Bryce Menzies and Oren Anderson for winning Overall for the fourth time in a row. Our SCORE Journal team of writers is currently interviewing racers and teams from the SCORE Baja 400, and we will have full coverage and exclusive stories in our next issue. SCORE JOURNAL VP MARKETING & SALES / PUBLISHER Jim Ryan NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Kurt Miller EDITORIAL DS Media LLC Dan Sanchez Mike Vieira Larry Saavedra Elijah Sanchez Casmer Thelian CONTRIBUTORS Micah Anderson Stuart Bourdon Jack Wright nMedia3.com GM SALES & DIGITAL OPERATIONS DerDiZ Media Inc. Todd Horne CREATIVE DIRECTOR DerDiZ Media Inc. Ashley Hanks Horne SCORE STAFF Gabriel Garcia, SCORE Media Operations SCORE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Art Eugenio COVER Jack Wright NMedia3 PUBLISHED BY SCORE MARKETING LLC 465 South Meadows Parkway #6 Reno, NV 89521, 775-852-8907 Cover and contents are protected by copyright and must not be reproduced in any form or in part, without the prior written consent of the publisher. ® SCORE JOURNAL 3