[MazingerS14]

As long as you have decent tread left on your tires, have decent oil, working brakes, and properly working cooling system you should be just fine. Most of the courses they put up you'll stay in 2, shifting to 3 will usually give you slower times, even though you'll be bouncing off your rev limiter in the straights. You have to realize that depending on if they hold an event at UMB or Gateway that the courses run around 30 seconds to one minute (for the experienced guys regardless of what they drive).