I was placed in Novice too. My car has been recently downgraded from GS to HS since the new Altima came out and is in GS now. Rarely do I ever see any HS cars out at Autocross events anymore. I have run about 8 or 9 autocrosses so I guess its sorta unfair that I had been placed in Novice. I metioned this at sign-up but they figured since noone was going to run in HS that Id get more competition in Novice. Oh well. I should have petitioned to run in GS. That would have been more fair for me! Many newbies spanked me big time! HAHA!
Overall I think I placed 7th out of 19 in Novice and I would have placed 3rd out of 7 in GS. (If I remember correctly) Guess its all the same. Looking forward to next time.