Well chaps if we are fortunate enough to be able to start off by obtaining the 'right' gear and that is always a mute point on it's own, then the results are down to how we setup our chosen beast, again there are often many opinions on that too, then once we've cracked that, it is then solely down to how we manage to control our over zealous eagerness to hopefully out race those that we may never ever be able to match, purely because of natures gift to those few!
Ah such is the life of competitive hobbies, one golden rule I have learnt through my 40 plus years of 'toy' racing cars, recognise your level of ability, always try to improve but most of all, always enjoy what you are fortunate enough to do at whatever level you are at!
A fortune can never buy natural ability, it will allow you to practice and improve and hopefully occasionally win but champions are usually born or are very, very lucky!
Here endeth my sermon