Speed Demon Guide
Start out with a Hotrod+. This is an expensive ship for the level 20er, but it is the absolute BEST ship in the market at that point. Aug it with 2 barbe bleu's mods augs, 1 artemis aug, one basic capacity aug, and one other aug, which is your choice. Then, use a magcannon 2 to kill enemies at long range. A good opponent at this point is space blue betas, which will give you huge XP, and be fairly easy to kill, as long as you can find a galaxy where they cannot easily warp away from you. This strategy will work well until near level 150, at which point the XP recieved will have been dropping off for a while.
At this point, go out and get yourself Remote Control 7. Shouldn't be too difficult. Then, get a radiation weapon, a Prismatic Conversion, and cap yourself a Hotrod Mega. This ship is much like the Hotrod+, but it is 2 tech levels higher, so if you blow the augs, it gives you much more power potential. Aug it well(Use your imagination!), and kill Space Blue Gammas. Remember that they have fighters, remember to kill them first, they dont have any more, then kill the Gamma. Killing gammas should give you XP all the way up to level 500 or so, when you can get yourself a tech 16 ship. A Wingship V would be good for starters, available in Ruby Steppes for about 123 million. Faranji Stinger works as well if you can afford it. At this point, you should be killing Big Greens, forgones, and icepicks until you can get a tech 20 ship.
Good Luck.