there are only four places where full suspension is better Rock Slab - chicken run to side First drop after rock slab - piece of piss anyway second drop parallel to fire road - chicken run or just take it, it's not nice on any bike last drop 100 metres from end - chicken run availablealthough it's not that big anyway
If you've entered the race then of course you get uplift on the day included in your price...
There are sometimes separate "uplift days" which are nothing to do with the race, they are just practice sessions where you pay your money and get as much uplift as you can manage before the wagons stop running (usually about 6 hours worth). These don't involve any racing or timing, just doing practice runs.