I've been to some tracks that classify your skill level by your lap times. Maybe a system like that would work?
Try a thumb throttle for a quad. I know a guy with the same thing and he loves it.
Its definately a frustrating topic....I never got started on Minis and i started riding at 17 on a TTR125 for about 10 months then went up to a KX125 n started riding tracks and my first year of racing I definately rode my own race....and got lapped by half the class. But it seems every year that I plan to move up and never can cuz I cant break mid pack of C class....i swear every year the C Class gets harder and I get better but yet still stay in the same place... Granted i took a year off 2 summers ago...still.... its redic I remember jumps i could never do...and no one else but top 3 in C class did...and now that im doing just about all the main jumps minus triples thus far it seems like everyone else in the C class is doing them too.....and now the top 5 or so in C class do all the big triples! WTF ever happend to getting DQ'd if you were a C rider and did any of the triples....people tell me when Im nervous about racing a new track of this jump and that jump are safe...but theres one big double or triple or 2 of em C riders arnt allowed to do....and im like ok that sounds good! should be equal playing fields then....NOPE i get there and what happend....top 5-8 in C Class are out there doing em n scrubbin or whippin em....Really????? thats the kinda **** that pisses me off!!! Just my 2 cents tho
For all the new arrivals to big bikes for this year, do remember that:
The following criteria are to be used when determining a rider’s eligibility for the C class:
1. *No rider is to be classified as a C rider if that rider had a RPV of 15 or higher the previous year in the C class or a 12-16 youth division. (*Ahem* Supermini *cough*)
2. No rider is to be classified as a C rider if that rider has ever been classified as an A or Expert rider.
3. No rider is to be classified as a C rider if that rider has qualified for the AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals in any previous year in any class.
4. No rider is to be classified as a C rider if that rider is receiving or has ever received any type of OEM factory support in any class.
5. If a rider does not have enough points paying finishes to calculate their RPV points or does not meet any of the above criteria, they may not participate in the C class if they have raced the C, Beginner or any Youth class above 12- years old prior to June 1, 2007. (AMA Rulebook, pg. 25).
Every year I announce and see so many familiar names that were once of Supermini listing in the 250C, 450C classes...C class is not for you, it's for true novices. Those who engage in this activity are cheating themselves, you will become a better rider in a better and more stable "B" class.
Best of luck in the 2011 Racing season!
LOL! Yeah, Exactly. I can see enjoying the spotlite for a little bit, but as you put it SANDBAGGING! There's No honor in being the greatest C class rider of all time for Three, Four, Five, consecutive years running. Not that there is anything wrong with being in the C class "If that is were you belong".Pretty much all I want to see is rider accountability to step up to the B class when they're supposed to. Nobody is watching from the sidelines saying: "Dag gum, that guy smoking everyone in the C class is haulin.'" It's more like "Sandbag....2nd comes around: Sandbag two, 3rd comes around....SAndbag three.....wait a minute or two...7th place: Oh there's a C rider! Too bad, that guy should be winning his Novice class."
So you and your son are screwing everyone here locally in the C class trying to gain confidence on the race track for your own benefit?? Hmm.. Move him to B class, your only robbing him of his full potential. No one cares about C class here, or at LL..
Hope no one gets too offended here, but having reported on CRA racing for a number of years (prior to moving out of state), I've seen many riders "stay in C to go to Lorretta Lynns", who were B or better everywhere. One went, finished in the 20s, and moved to the Money class when he got back, and did well in it (top 1-5 regularly). Heck, that same year, a kid from out of the country got caught racing C at LL, with results from racing A class in his country.
If cheating and sandbagging is so rife in that class, what is the glory in winning it?? What does that say for C class? It says it's being used for something it was never intended, which is why LL should get rid of it. IMHO