The duck in this race has carefully been raised to the following stats:
Speed 255 Stamina 229 Guts 61 Turn 255

To find out about these I had to look at the values in my save file since I&II unfortunately does not have the stats display from the original.

The Penguin is in there just to have a more consistent starting grid. I slightly brushed against corners twice but this didn't really hurt my time in the approach I took.

Like all my Shenmue I&II footage, this is recorded with Widescreen Mod and Audio Restauration Project active. These mods only affect aesthetics and give no advantage to the gameplay.