Originally Posted by jkirkwood

There are probably really no secrets they are hiding. I've been on the other side of the fence from time to time and people swear I'm cheating and hiding something to the point I would take their motors out of their car, and slap them strait into mine. You said they pull away from you on tight sections. This tells me your corner speed maybe a bit lacking and that comes with practice and knowledge of car setup. I'm told some of the newer brushless motors are better designed for blinky racing so you might think about getting one, but with that said corner speed is everything. A 1 mph increase in corner exit speed can give you huge returns at the end of the straight. Taking a line through a corner which allows the earliest possible point of getting back into the throttle is usually best provided it doesn't set you up weird for an obstacle.