Advice for beginner wanting get into drag racing?

There's two ways to look silly:1. Doing a poor job at a burnout. Unless you have a very powerful engine, slicks and a line lock, just drive around the water box. A big burn out in the water box is crap shoot and you really look stupid if only 1 wheel is spinning. I had a 65 Cornet with a very well built 440, Edelbrock heads etc... with 245 BFG radials (not drag radials) and I drove around the waterbox. It spun but went straight. Drag strips are alot stickier than a road. In fact, if don't have slicks a little water could stay in the tread and make it spin more when you launch. 2. Before you try to stage your car watch where other cars are activating the lights with their front wheels and try to find a reference point you can see from in your car. Then, when you're in your car you won't drive through the staging lights forcing the guy to make you back up and re-stage. Unless your car is making 400+ hp and set up drag racing, I wouldn't worry about too much else. Seat belts and a helmet should be good. You shouldn't go faster than a 12:00, which gets you into a bunch of safety rules like rollcages etc... Just my two cents and have fun. Its is a blast and doesn't much matter if you go 15's or 12's you're going to have fun.