Also ice down the intake manifold, push the car up to the lanes, air up the front tires, drain a quart or so of oil, angle stage the car if you can get away with it.... just hang out in the stock/super stock pits and watch and listen. You will pick up lots of tricks before class eliminations.
Not if you listen to all those guys, what works on a Ford or Chevy, especially dumping a quart of oil out, doesn't work on BB Mopars
Been there, done that for over twenty years running a M.W , Hemi and SB cars in NHRA stock and helping other Mopar racers in stock, S/ST,S/G and so on