@dante
Sometimes racers stay in second to save fuel or energy. Now, you don't have to take that into consideration in MKWii, but there are other reasons to stay behind the 1st placer.
Anyways, If you are fast enough you can pull far enough ahead that the blue shells only knock you back far enough to be near the second placer. Other items either affect everyone, or can be blocked/minimized.
I had a tough time with this game on 150 (still finishing it, cause I've been working on Okami instead), but I also had a tough time with MK:DD on 150 until I got used to it. Once you play a couple weeks, it gets to be 150cc is the only way to race.








