Originally Posted by tetonrider

I looked at the rules the other day (in your response to my post) and do not see anywhere in the current rules that say you cannot downgrade more than one category at a time.

As said above, just explain it.

If you start winning races in the 3s, you upgrade. NBD.

My guess is that it will take a little while to build the skills to win some of those races. The value of those skills is really high in CX racing.

Also, feel free just to skip those races that you said require no technical skills -- or sandbag a bit and make sure you cross the line in 10th, not 1st.

You have a reasonable story for why you should not be a 1 in CX; USAC -- and any decent regional coordinator -- realizes that the category on one's license should not be an impediment to race. Also, if you DO win a few races this year, "tearing you a new one" is NOT something anyone should do, let alone a regional coordinator. Once it becomes apparent you should move up, move up.