Yes by all means go to your local track, KCIR is close, test and tune learn the basics of the tree, make a few passes, no matter what car you have, just have some fun.
Prime example my Nephew is now 24 yrs. old, never been to a drag strip. I took him to Twin Cities in late 2009, he's got a Chevy Colorado estended cab, one of the ones with a Ricer 5 cylinder motors. He made a couple passes in the low 17's and had .700 plus lights on the tree, he was hooked. He came home and sent the trans valve body off to get it modified. About a month later, we went again, and there was a kid with a Ricer front wheel drive, fancy paint and all. The kid must have had every friend he had there, maybe 30 people around his car. So it just happens that he lines up with my Nephew, and my Nephew burned him bad with his Colorado ran 16.20. now here is the funny part, he didn't stop talking about it for a month, not even realising the the engine in his Colorado was a Ricer engine also. He's now slowly building something REALLY DIFFERENT, an AMX Gremlin with a sm/blk and i gave him a set of slicks for his 24th B'day. Our local track was closed in 2010 but is supposed to reopen in 2011. I can't wait.
Zip.