First time down the track

Anybody have any advice for a newbee to the strip? I just stopped by Z-max Dragway's test and tune today and was tempted to sign up to run a few times when I saw how simple it was to register. After watching for a few hours, I decided I'd try to make next Saturday's test and tune.

My car definitely is not set up for the strip now, but I'm curious about what it'd run. It's a '74 Duster with a 360/727 combo. .455" Purple Shaft, Airgap intake, 9.8:1 CR, 750 Speed Demon. Any advice on what to do to get ready for a few runs? Or techniques with starts? It's got a 2.71 open dif out back, too. (My main concern)