Ticket - Should I dig myself deeper? (LAC)

[Benjamin Kaupp]

So... the last day I had my car before I went to college, I was pulling
out of a stoplight and (apparently) I peeled out a little and
accelerated rather rapidly. Now, I'm not denying anything, including my
own stupidity, but I'm wondering a few things about the ticket I got...
a) it was for exhibition of speed. Does anybody know the official CA
definition for this?
b) I was doing 50 when he pulled me over (according to the ticket)... E
of S is a $540 min + poss jail + 2 points on license... Should I go
fight it? Oh, and I have a point on my license, but I can get 4 in 1
year.
c) the cop said it wouldn't show up on my insurance, said he was doing
me a favor by not getting me for speeding instead... But looking at
other tickets, I think I may have wanted speeding...

The gory details:
came out of a light too fast, shift-shift-shift (i don't got no speedo,
so I can't confirm the 50, but I think I was going faster) in a 25
zone, no beep from the fuzzbuster, but he says he paced me (no, I
didn't look in the mirror, yes, I am stupid), he wrote the ticket for
23109(a) which is a race against another vehicle or a timer... Wrote in
the wrong addy, too... I just got a thing yesterday saying my court
date had been moved to the 19th of November and the violation had been
changed to 23109(c) which states "no person shall engage in exhibition
of speed on a highway." If anybody on the list lives in the Santa Cruz
area, it was on upper Bay Street, where it's a 25 mph divided 4 lane.

I'd appreciate any advice, BTDT, etc. on or off list depending on if
you think others would benefit

TIA, everybody
-Ben Kaupp
'87 4kcsq - feelin' neglected, but getting new rear Bilsteins and
bushings soon