After many attempts with marginal luck skipping races, I decided to skip buying the FX Body & Acme Body and went for the FX Fuel instead. It's just seemed logical to walk to the next town instead of grinding to buy a Body that MIGHT let you skip a few races. Having an extra set of fuel helped a lot with the long walk from Flago to L.J.

It's been a pleasure running this game that I grew up with that few people have had the privilege of knowing that it exists. :)