He speaks the truth. The first time I raced was the first time I ever drove on a track. Before that it was pretty much pavement and grass.
I dumped on every jump, and spilled into the fence every turn. But, I made it to the end of the race somehow (minus a wing... surprised it lasted as long as it did.)
Nobody was laughing at me (well, except my friend) and it was a lot of fun. You can tell who the serious guys are, and I just tried to stay out of their ways.
Then a few weeks later my friend went out on the track and pretty much did terrible just like I did the first time. It made me feel a lot better =)
Anyways, it's a lot of fun, and as long as you take care of your car you can usually do really well at club races no matter how bad you are haha. Whoever has the running car at the end tends to win =)
I don't know much about the Kanai's, but I do know that the shocks are nice, in fact, I got a set for my buggy because I liked them so much.