I fixed that for you.

If all the local guys are scrubs and you beat them, that means you are the fastest one of them, but you are still a scrub. I seriously doubt Cherry is fast enough to make the A at any well attended SoCal event in sportsman, much less expert. In fairness, I'm pretty sure I can't either.

The tuesday night 2w buggy race at Exeter I ran had four national championship drivers and a grip of regional, series, and track championship wins here in California. The guy who won qualified 4th at the 1990 Norrca Nast in modified truck as a 15 year old privateer. That year I think they had an L main in that class. I was stoked to just make the A against those guys considering how often I get to run these days.

Heck, even Oasis has a national championship in a class that had 85 entries.