New to drag racing ,picking up dragster 8/7/12

[Thornhill16]

Ok my dad is trading his bass boat for a dragster this friday , we know nothing about these cars we have raced dirt oval our whole lives , sprint cars mainly hes raced flat track motorcycles and dirt oval , ive ran karts, mini sprints, ump modifieds, sprint cars , and a few track days on a roadcourse on my sportbike ive drag raced imports for a year or so when i was younger and thought i was gonna be in fast and the furious but thats about it , if you guys could help point us in the right direction we would be grateful , we are located in baton rouge , la we have about 3 tracks within a 100 miles from us here are a few pics of the car we are picking up