The Dance Menu is used to exit the Lowrider and gain camera control during the first cutscene, and the food menu is to gain early movement during the race. Having negative money helps by preventing CJ from buying any food.
To avoid wasting time with the phone call animation release the call during the intro cutscene, then quickly skip it so the mission doesn't get duped (while holding a movement key so you don't close the dance menu), then after that quickly close the dance menu: Release call, then movement + space, then space
The GTA:SA community has been deteriorating over a long period of time. Many top runners are not currently present on the leaderboard. This issue has not been seriously addressed yet, but an attempt will be made to remedy it now.
As of this news post, the San Andreas leaderboard will function in
