My ideal race looks something like this: Tailgun (if the course is suitable) until one of the following happens:
1. I get dropped because it's hilly/I'm slow/everyone else is fast, etc.
2. An interesting break goes up the road, bridge.
3. Other guys look kind of tired/bored/not paying attention, attack.
4. If all else fails and we're still together with ~1km to go? Attack.
With the exception of 4, this isn't really playing to my strengths. I do actually have a decent jump, but if I'm paying to race, I'd currently rather spend the time racing aggressively than protecting myself until the end. This doesn't generally work out overly well for me as my TT abilities are far from great, but sometimes they let you go...
For perspective, in the few dozen races I've done, the results I'm most proud of are a win from just over 1km out, a 2nd from a late race 2 man break and a 'caught and off the back' after spending 6.7km of the last 7km off the front by myself. (all crits)