Ranger and a few others have consistantly run record times with bone stock manual cars for years......they are the very few that can launch and shift like 99.9% can't (I am one of them that cant come close to what they can) so there are no gimmicks or games, these are real #'s with tons that have witnessed them over the years, and Rnger has how-to videos and step by step instructions on a website for any manual owner wanting to run quicker.