Quote Originally Posted by cakake
That, and it really penalizes riders on smaller bikes, like an SV or 125. Scott's actually a great example, I remember watching him ride the wheels off his FZR400 at Pueblo, only to be eaten alive down the front straight. He was riding *much* better than half the novice grid, but since he was on a low horsepower bike, his lap times were on the high side. In these classes, he'd never advance.
How many riders do we have on the smaller bikes in Nov-U now? I know Marty does pretty well with his but who else?

And as far as never advancing, there are ways of advancing to expert status besides a top-10 season. I think Mark could figure out that someone belongs in the expert classes even if they are running slower lap times on an SV vs what others are doing on 600s.

Dirk