I'm a 'box' racer at the starting line and a 'foot braker' at the finish line.

Around here the three main classes are essentially: line lock, trans brake and delay box. The trans brake just allows a driver to rev the engine above the torque converter stall speed without pushing the front tires through the lights, if you feel the need. The delay box just allows the driver to react to an earlier bulb if you think that will help you.

If anyone out there thinks some kind of device will make them a good racer, forget it. Whatever class you choose to run will have everyone using the same rules. If you know what you're doing you should be able to have success in any class. A couple of good topics that could be started are How to cut consistent lights and How to tune and run the car to produce consistent ET's. Once you've got those figured out, driving the stripe gets a LOT easier.