Best shift points for mileage, between 2500 and 3000 RPMs. For racing it depends on the car. How you're setup, what HP you're putting down and where your power bands are at. Doing burnouts is simple, but be careful where. The cops can nail you with a nice hefty fine and to top it off you end up replacing your tires more often. Give it some gas, dump the clutch and floor it and your tires will spin, just watch the tach. You don't want to redline and blow your engine. If you can shift fast enough you can change gears to keep your burn going (this is really hard on the clutch) or just pull off the gas pedal enough to keep in the high end of your power band without going over. Dumping the clutch is just that. You push it to the floor and slip your foot off letting the pedal pop up completely. Slipping the clutch is releasing it too slowly and allowing it to friction burn causing premature wear of the clutch disc, glassing of the friction zones on the plate and flywheel and possible warping of the flywheel from heat. One of the best tips I can give for RPM control when doing burnouts and such is feathering the gas. Just quickly depress and press the gas pedal. Don't release completely otherwise you'll stall, but quick up and down motions with the toe work really well. You'll get the hang of all this as you drive it more. And again, BE CAREFUL!