If you're like me holding down up at the start and wondering why your car takes so long to accelerate, start holding up just before the green light to go and you will get a 'good start', taking off just as fast as the others. ;) + so others can see.
The way to beat the last one is just keep the ball in the middle and use the vertical paddles. If the ball strays too far to one side, hit it with then edge of the paddle. Be patient and with a few tries you'll get it :)
When there's one last turtle in the whole game behind a bush, rather than running around the bush to kill the turtle, the penguin just runs on the spot into the bush... argh