John,
I don't think so. Who really cares about trophies anyway?
People want to do better than specific people.
Rookie program is not about easy trophies, it's about grouping
people together in similar circumstances where it will be easier to
make friends and establish competition as a group. I have seen
fun groups build up in rookes class that continued for years in open
class.
Unfortunately some old timers really have a misguided contempt
for people who are not running in top spots. Can you spell
"bottom feeders"? If you can, it'sfind a friendly group among
us, sometimes. Rookie program provides a way to overcome this.
Jerry
Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
rouler!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kelly" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
To: "John Kelly" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>; "Rich Urschel"
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Cc: "Bay_Area_Autocross_List" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "Jerry Mouton"
<jerry@moutons.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 7:31 AM
Subject: Rookie Perceptions
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> Message text written by Rich Urschel
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> "Alas, they're a pretty bright lot these days."
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> Agreed, and soon they will be running the program. I think our club's
> future looks very bright.
> What they're looking for is an easy trophy, IMHO.
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> --John Kelly
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