Listing the top ten scores and then listing the top club class finisher
in the field is not the best way to represent data, IMHO. A person more
skeptical as myself might say that you are pushing an "agenda". I've
looked at the data and come up with a different picture. The reason that
so few club class ships score well in sports class contests is that
there are so few club class ships entered.

Let's look at 2006, for instance (other years paint a similar picture).

2006 (Mifflin, Pa): 49 entrants.
Top ten gliders:
LS-8 (2)
Nimbus3 (1)
Duo Discus (1)
ASW-27 (2)
ASW-20 (1)
SZD-55 (1)
Ventus2B,C (1)
Discus2A (1)

Highest placing Club Class: 34th (Tim Welles, Std Cirrus)
(Tim finished 27th, BTW. And, IMHO, the highest placing club class
finisher was Rick Roelke [25th] in a 304CZ)

The gliders finished (in order): LS-8, Duo Discus, Ventus 2Bx, ASW-27,
ASW-27, LS-8, Nimbus 3DM, ASW-20, SZD-55-1, Discus 2B, Discus 2B, Ventus
2B, SZD-55-1, Ventus 2CxT, Discus 2B, Duo Discus T, Duo Discus, ASW-27,
ASW-28, ASW-27, Discus 2A, ASW-27, Discus 2B, ASW-20, DG-800S, ASW-20,
Ventus 2C, Discus 2B, 304CZ, ASW-24, Std Cirrus, Duo Discus, ASW-27,
ASW-27, ASW-27, LS-8, ASK-14, Discus CS, LS-8, H-201 Std Libelle,
Genesis II, Discus 2B DG1000, ASW-20, Ventus CM, ASW-27, ASW-20B, Nimbus
4, ASW-27, ASW-27, Discus CS, ASW-20C, ASW-15A, ASW-27, Ventus 2Bx

Am I surprised that a club class glider did not finish in the top 10?
Not at all, given that there were only a few entered. By all means, lets
revisit the handicap system periodically and correct when necessary. No
system is ever perfect.

Tony V. LS6-b "6N"