National Rally Driver / National Rally Navigator / Bly-Gross Memorial
National Rally Navigator

A road rally is a competition held on public roads in which both driving and navigational skills are tested. A crew consists of both a driver and a navigator. The object is to follow a set of written instructions, maintaining designated average speeds and arriving on time at checkpoints.

Being early -OR- late at a checkpoint is penalized. The sum of the penalties at each checkpoint is the final score for the rally, and the crew with the lowest score is the winner. A perfect score for a TSD (time, speed, distance) road rally = zero.

How the trophy is awarded:
The National Rally Navigator is presented annually to the member who accumulates the most finishing position points as a navigator during designated Regional, Divisional, and National events. The most current points system is explained below the list of winners.

This trophy and its companion, the National Rally Driver, are not awarded when there are an insufficient number of local TSD events or a lack of participants at Divisional and National level events.

About the Trophy:
The trophy hangs on a wall and, similar to some of the other year end awards, has been expanded. There is currently room for only one more name.

National Rally Navigator Trophy
1962
1962 - Mrs. W.W. Jurgensen
1963 - Mrs. W.W. Jurgensen
1964 - Joanie Lemmers
1965 - Les Nash
1966 - Not Presented
1967 - Pat Moon
1968 - Joanie Lemmers
1969 - Les Nash

1970
1970 - Joanie Lemmers
1971 - Not Presented
1972 - Jerry Kilgore
1973 - Denny Skaanning
1974 - Pat Smith
1975 - Pat Smith
1976 - Bill Berg
1977 - Bill Berg
1978 - Patc Henry
1979 - Bill Berg

1980
1980 - Bill Berg
1981 - Patc Henry
1982 - Not Presented
1983 - John Bly
1984 - Ellen Doctor
1985 - Chris Smay
1986 - Ellen Doctor
1987 - John Bly
1988 - Candy Mertz
1989 - Candy Mertz

1990
1990 - Jan Gerber
1991 - Jan Gerber
1992 - Not Presented
1993 - Dick Gross
1994 - April Doctor
1995 - Jan Gerber
1996 - Jan Gerber
1997 - Candy Gerber
1998 - Jan Gerber
1999 - Jan Gerber

2000
2000 - Tanya Shaul
2001 - April Doctor
2002 - Program Suspended

In 2002, NRSCCA's road rally program was suspended due to a lack of participants.

Rally Navigator Points

Points are counted for TSD (time, speed, distance) rallys only and include both Regional events and the best two finishes at Divisional or National level events.

Points are awarded to the team for finishing position in class: 10 for first, 9 for second, etc. The rallymaster is awarded 10 points and any checkpoint workers are awarded 8 points, since they cannot participate in the event.

Additional points for any two Divisional or National level rallys are awarded the same points as Regional events with the entrants responsible for providing a copy of the results to the pointskeeper in order to receive these points.

In past years, there was also a requirement that in order to be considered for this trophy, a competitor had to have worked a Regional rally in some capacity.