If I were to race blinky I would willingly bolt any "Handout" motor I was given to my LRP Stock Spec or good no-current-limiter ESC and go with that. If it all works correctly you should have no real difference in performance, at least not enough to decide the winner at anything other than the closest and highest-performing level. Spend the money you would have spent on the 'better' blinky ESC on tires or something else that will make you go faster around corners instead of the straight.

As a caveat to this, given the choice I would bolt like-brand motors and ESC's to each other if possible. Novak to Novak, LRP to LRP and so on.