Booster Hill
Say NO to Race tutorial (2nd textbox after Toad appears)
Collect at least 3 flowers at a minimum, however 14 is optimal to not need any backup flowers. (This assumes you did not get the Flower Box drop from Croco 2, which reduces the optimal count to 9 and minimum to 0. The notes that account for backup flowers will not reflect this reduction going forward in this document, you’ll just have to subtract 5 on the fly)
(video credit: IamTehShark)
Summary of Backup Flowers:
Nimbus Flower Jar > Volcano chest > Nimbus chest near Heavy Troopa > Cannonball Balance chest > Nimbus chest in room where you jump on NPC's head > Sunken Ship hidden > Rotating Platforms chest > Vines chest > Sea chest
Technique: Free Booster Hill flower
You can sometimes score an additional flower by hugging the left wall.
So far, it potentially could be a timing/music cue of grabbing the last possible flower that you can from Peach before the final 8-10 seconds of the minigame (any lower than roughly 7-8 seconds and Booster will usually escape fast enough from his sprint to the sign)
Also the position of where you reach Peach seems to matter, roughly ranging from the middle to right side of the hill. Any more to the left and he'll get away also.
Contributed by slopdop
BOOSTER TOWER | BOOSTER HILL | MARRYMORE