--- Eric Linnhoff <eric10mm@qni.com> wrote:
> Now I simply must address this "rookie" titling.
>
> Just because someone has never attended Nationals
> does not necessarily make
> them a rookie. There are tons of folks who have
> many years under their
> belts and just because they attend the Nationals for
> the first time they're
> a rookie? Hardly. I heard tell of a gentlemen
> who's been autocrossing for
> 30 some years and just this year finally made it to
> the "big show" in
> Topeka.
>
> _That's_ no rookie.
Agreed.
> To me, a rookie is in only their first or second
> year ever and attending the
> Nationals for the first time. Don't get me wrong, I
> definitely don't want
> to take away anything from those folks who drove
> their butts off for their
> wins but a rookie should, by definition, have very
> few rings around their
> trunks.
I'm a 3rd-year autoxer. Since this was my first
Nationals, do I still count as a rookie?
Scot
'91 CS Miata (not last, but nowhere near first!)
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