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Rally racing is like swimming in a cage surrounded by great white sharks. Adrenaline is high the entire time and the only thing preventing you from absolute death is a bunch of metal tubing welded up by some dude name Fia. I think it’s the truest test of car control, skill and flat out balls. It’s also one of the only forms of racing where there’s two people in the car. The co-driver’s job is just as essential as the driver. His notes can not only be the difference between victory or defeat, it can also be the deciding factor between rolling down a hill, playing human pachinko with your car. It’s a symbiotic relationship of direction and action.

Our director and DP, Tom Morningstar, has started co-driving for John Burke in his Up Two Mountains Rally Team Subaru STI. The first time he did was at the Desert Storm rally, and they got 3rd. This time though, part of the rally would be at night. Tom was a little nervous the night before, as would anyone who is about to go sliding around un-protected corners at night, with someone else driving. See what happens in the latest episode of The Smoking Tire.