When you first get to the track, look for the burnout boxes with water in them at the front edge of each lane. usually there will be a dude with a hose addidng water to them between rounds. my advice would be DO NOT GO THROUGH THEM. Last thing you need is water on your steer tire and water dripping down from your rear undertail when youre trying to get the best traction possible. Drive around the waterbox. Slip the clutch out slow when you launch, and you shouldnt have any traction issues. They will probably have alot of VHT on the track which should give you alot better grip than you would from stoplight to stoplight.


In the regular class, youll probably have a standard tree. There are 2 staging lights at the top of the tree. Roll up slowly untill the top light comes on. When that one illumintes, stop, then slowly inch forward untill you see the second staging light come on, When that one lights up, you better be ready to go. The tree will start coming down when you and your opponent both have both sets of staging lights illuminted (and the guy working the tree pushes the button). Launch when you see the last yellow light illuminate. By the time your front tire crosses the beam, the green light will be on and you wont red light. Too many people wait for the green light and lose by that mistake. Look up some drag racing vids on youtube. you will see what i mean by the last yellow light. The pro class will probably use a pro tree, where all the yellow lights come on at once. you shouldnt have to deal with that.

If there is anything i can help ya with, let me know. I have several years behind the wheel of a race car and have made tons of passes down a track.