It's cool, my previous comment was just meant as a shot against the Mustangs poor handling.
A lot of it has to do with the skill of the driver, though. You must be good at working with what you have, so I'm sure you're pretty fast with that car.
Usually when I buy a car, one of the first things I look at is the handling numbers. If it's low compared to other cars in it's class, the firsts thing I do is lower it, upgrade the brakes, improve the tire compound, and reduce weight. Personally, I'd rather sacrifice a
little speed on the straights to be able to take the turns better without sliding or having to scrub off too much speed.
But that's the great thing about the game. The cars can be modded and tuned to suit personal preferences.
I tried to add you to my friends list, but it says that "Robottank1" is an invalid tag. So I tried "Robot Tank1" and the request went through. I hope that's you.
After every race, instead of going to "Continue", I go to "Leaderboards", press X a couple times, and it will compare my time to the times of the guys on my friends list. It's a good way to see how I'm doing compared to friends.