not a bad way to do things...i once emptied out a NOS can, drilled a hole through the bottom as to leave the tab un opened. anyhow i filled it with gas and sealed it up...went to the track made a couple passes, and when alot of people were around, i grabbed the modded can, cracked it and poured the gas in my car...next pass i opened the bottle and ran a second faster lol. all to the sheer amazement of the people who saw me do that.
anyhow, like i said, go run him stock...learn to launch your car and just go run it. if you lose, spend your money on some bolt ons and a good set of tires (mt et street radials work great) so you'll hook better and go run him again.
just my $0.02 :)
oh yeah..a "10 sec neon":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgv47liyjRo