I would hope he had had Michelins and my Kuhmos will kick his butt. If he has drag radials or et streets I will just have to run him down
Really, I would have the rpm at around 1500 to 2000 and slip the clutch a little , when the clutch is almost all the way engaged I would start applying throttle.....then feed it more throttle, if you start to spin you will need to slightly back off, when the vehicle speed catches back up with the tires give it more. It's all about control. Practice, practice. Even with practice, it will take a lot of mental control because now you have someone beside you and it is very easy to over do it.