How to prepare my car for the dragstrip?

I discovered that the Sacramento Raceway, about 35 miles from me, has a "Test and Tune' series at its dragstrip during the summer. It's $50 a pop, though, so I'm going to do quite a bit of back road tuning before going there.

daredevil wrote: "if it will carry the wheels it would be a good guess it will need a cage but i dont think your package is that fast."

What do you mean by "carry the wheels"?

I'm tellin' ya, this 360 is a real screamer when it's running right. It was built by an excellent engine builder, was blueprinted and balanced and has forged rods and pistons. The car will pop one hell of a wheelie when it has a new set of plugs. And Demon Sizzler very kindly advised me how to re-jet my T.Q.; now I just have to do it. I just think that any car that can pop a wheelie should do fairly well in the quarter if it is tuned right.