I agree with 99% of that but... I still think a rider should have NO GRADE and be simply classified as "Novice" for his 1st 2 race meetings and start from the back of the grid regardless of how well he/she did on qualy. AFTER 2 meetings, it's easy to assess how fast or slow he/she is and then grade him appropriately. There are a LOT of guys who are D graders on their 1st year that really are competing in the top10 the whole time and that is very demotivating for "true" D graders and not even fair for the new rider himself.
When Rhino started a few years back he was doing 40s by his 2nd meeting or something... that simple rule of 2 race meetings would have made it better for everyone. And safer at the start. My 2c.
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