1st time at track next Wednesday - need advice

...and as a total newbie - you gots to get the basics down first and that has nothing to do with setup. I wouldn't plan to set anything. Get a routine down when you're waived into the burnout box. Be ready when the lights come down. The rest is feel and experience - which you don't have yet. Every car I've run has had a different time you had to nail it to get the lights right. So will yours. It's MUCH different from street racing and easier to look like an idiot in front of the other racers...lol. So concentrate on you, not the car. The next time you can concentrate on the car.