Thanks for the tips! I tried my best to keep them in mind while out there, but let's just say that I need to "improve". My throttle/steering input was much too jerky and I need to take a better line through corners. My biggest problem in my opinion was the slaloms, which added most time due to a couple cones I killed (penalty). I seem to turn in too quickly when passing a cone to my right, so I run it over.
I came in 11 of 15 in my class (+5.292 behind leader), and 46 of 60 overall (+6.758 behind leader).
But I did beat some people at least...
And here are videos of 4 of my runs. Try not to laugh!