One common mistake I see a lot is guys doing the burnout "IN" the water box this is a definite NO make sure you roll thru the water box to wet the tires but go just past it and do the burnout .If you burn out in the water box all you do is throw water up into the fender wells and then it will drip down onto your tires when staging and cause traction to be worse .Obviously as spaz said there are many variables for proper staging including power levels , tires , set up and driver .I am by no means an expert but was cutting 1.6 sec 60 fts at the end of my first season on stock springs and worn out bushing throughout the car and a messed up twin disc clutch that was only utilizing one disc at the time. I found that out when I pulled it apart .