Originally Posted by YMCA
I started in '92, the first year of cat5. Got 2nd in my first race and the rep upgraded me. He wasn't even sure what cat5 meant, as it was all new.
Same year and situation for my start. In 1992 in Colorado, they still had Citizen races, and the 5s could race the citizens or the 4s. I raced both categories for three events, placing top 5 in the Citizens and the 4s each time, and won a bunch of primes, so they upgraded me. My Cat 4 placings as a Cat 5 earned me points for upgrade to 3 as well.