Originally Posted by
MrTuner1970
I've had a couple people tell me one must first be a Cat 4 before he's allowed into a Master's race. Is that really true?
If it's one that doesn't allow 5s, then it's true. Often Masters is cats 1-4. But an explicit masters 35 4/5 would allow 5s.
Here in NorCal there's a lot of masters 4s and 5s. 35s, 45s, even 55s. Often the 45+ 4/5 field will be significantly larger than the 45+ 1/2/3 field. At Sea Otter they had full 45+ cat 5 and cat 4 fields.