Read the excerpt from The Land.Ray Sutcliffe looked me up and down, and I knew he hadn't liked what he'd heard from me. But he gave me the leeway. "You just make sure you win. We've got less than two hours before that start."

Ray says there are “less than two hours before that start,” so the speaker has very little time before the race begins. This supports choice B, “has very little time to prepare for the race.” The excerpt does not show that the speaker is confident or that he will definitely be unready.

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