I'm not even questioning the "sandbagging" thing.
I guess I'm surprised that a guy with this much experience would choose to run in a class that is for the most part full of guys with no experience.
I think there are usually about 14 of us. 2 of which are like chev truck guy, one that has about 5 years at it, and the rest of us are pretty much flying by the seat of our pants. First or second season at it.