Low Band Apply Question

Just to be clear because i'm reading this thread to learn something here that i never had any knowledge of before. Burnouts in a 9 second car don't start in first gear? my street car is under 400HP should i not start in first gear when i'm playing around doing burnouts. I know i'm not playing in the same ballpark as the cars in this post, but at what point do you need to be concerned about breaking something?