Well, I guess I was one of the lucky ones on this mission...first try. Right after I hit the certain checkpoint which puts the police on your ass for street racing, I was probably one and a half car lengths behind Hilary. Two checkpoints later, a cop came flying from the side slamming into hilary, causing both cars to slide in different directions, while I just went between the wrecks...Hilary never caught back up.
Go team...
Oh, and I'm 56% done, but I'm pretty much out of stuff to do, minus the hidden packages, Pizza boy missions and street races.