Thanks, happy you enjoyed it!
Honestly the timer is meaningless. It's a relic from when I was showing the time between you and your ghost, but I took that out. I probably should have taken the timer out as well as it might be confusing.
Either way, it still stands that some people might want to hold back on every track and stretch it out like that, but if that's how they enjoy the game then who am I to stop them? :D it's like those people in Mario Kart World who hang back just to get the better powerups in the last lap. If that's your style, go for it!