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Originally Posted by sperry
Kevin, Novice already has that rule. What many of the long term members are pushing for is to give a Novice say 4 events before they must move to a points class. I think they feel like the novice program is reducing the competition in the points classes because we have all these people essentially out there running no-points for a whole season.
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I agree completely. My feelings about the Novice program is that it ain't broke, so people should stop trying to fix it. The only improvement I see is creating a real Novice Chief position for the season, and giving that person (yes, I'm looking at you Dean) responsibility for guiding the n00bs to being knowledgeable autocrossers, in terms of skills, awareness of how the events work, limited advice on modding and classing, etc. In other words, formalize the education that most of us here got because we have been affiliated with SECCS and provide it for people who found their own way to an event. There's an awful lot to learn to be a part of an event that runs smoothly and still have fun, and the Novice program needs to emphasise the things you need to know before you try to become competitive. Deciding to make the effort to be fast and go for wins is something each driver should do on his or her own IMO. I feel like putting such a small cap on Novice events is kind of like saying "well, you can only come out because it's fun 4 times, after that you better be here to win." We're basically telling everyone who doesn't have the intention of being a National level driver that they don't belong here, and that's the exact opposite of what brought me to Reno events in the first place.