Great Move Angela. Open class competition will make you faster and more motivated.
Ask Jean Kinser, or Shauna Marinus if you need to run Ladies class to win national championships. Shauna Started auto crossing seriously in 1993, won I think 95-97 in ladies and then '98 in open class. as a National champion.

In retrospect I think I was more attracted to her performance then her in general, but you know girls that can drive are one of my weaknesses.