its gonna be a exciting day cause its ur 1st day of race ,just stay calm,relax watch the race format & u will learn from there but make sure everything is ready ur truck , i mean all ur batts. igniter must be fully charge & etc .........anyway if ur faster than the other guy n then u got to past it ,i would say drive SMOOTH as possible so that you can FINISH THE RACE & thats the important....... hope it helps ,good luck & have fun w/ new friends & of course w/ ur father