This will seem silly to some of you, but after two weeks of struggling to get 12,000 points on beginner level, driving like heck and getting only an occassional third place, I decided at lunch to at long last change the car set up. I had figured default would be best. So I changed the gear to short and the suspension to hard. I won every race after that and finshed my 12,000 in 10 minutes. The second place car was several seconds behind me. I finally made it to my beloved hill climb!

Sincerely,

Slow Learner!