I appreciate the info from you both, Buck and Rob.
I have run advanced group with all of the following track day orgs. SBTT, Absolute, Apex2Apex, Tony's Track Days, TPM, a few other orgs that I can't remember right now, as I rode with 7 different track day orgs last year alone, and I am currently a track coach with Roger Lyle's MotorcycleXcitement.
Because of my work schedule, I only get a few weekends off each year, and therefore, I have never had the oppurtunity to ride with NESBA. I happen to be on vacation until Monday. Now I have the oppurtunity to ride with NESBA, but I continue to be confused by their groups.
Here is what really gets me.
Most people I talk to tell me that I will have to start out in the B group in NESBA before I can bumped to I, and that usually takes a track day or two. I have been told by many NESBA members that my track experience does not matter and that I will have to start out in B. From what you guys are saying here in the last few posts, I should be in the I group, so I guess that I will not have to start out in the B group. But here is what is really puzzling to me. I know that a 1:03 or a 1:02 lap time at BeaveRun would place a Novice racer on the podium in a WERA race. Just what kind of lap times do NESBA A riders run?? I have no problem holding a line or changing a line mid-turn to avoid another rider, and have no problem riding within inches of another rider mid-turn.
I'm just a bit stumped. With every other track day org I have run with, I am near to the front of the pack to one of the faster guys in the A group. I just returned from the VIR Cycle Jam with a 1st place in B SuperBike Novice, a 2nd in C Superbike Novice, (Both WERA National Races on Sunday) and a 2nd in MW SR SB (Regional WERA race on Saturday). Is it just that NESBA will not tell anyone at all that they are probably an A rider without watching them ride first??
I'll probably sign up for one or the other days this weekend. It is just so puzzling to me that NESBA considers their riders to be so much better that they always tell everyone to bump down a class when compared to other orgs.
Please let me reiterate, I know I have a lot more to learn and I know there are a lot of racers and riders who are faster than I am, but why does NESBA seem so tight with bumping up?? If I do show up this weekend, I hope to learn a lot. This is just my line of thinking. Your thoughts?