New to drag racing. Need advice.

ok, your slicks won't hook unless you get some heat to them. They are intended to get in a water box and haze them. Next, even with heat, you need a prepped track for it to hook. I'm not sure what kind of drag racing that was, but it wasn't prepped for your slicks. For that kind of racing, a DOT drag radial would hook much better.
Heat the slicks!
watch the 1st 12 seconds of this video