like stated above drive the track not the other cars it took me forever to get my son to do that and his last to races he has tqed both and won one by a lap over second even tho it dosent seem like ur going as fast as the other guys in the heats if u keep it consitant u will do better than having 4 fast laps and 4 lapes 4 seconds slower than ur others and theres nothing like practice.