I don't disable traction control at the strip. Maybe that's why I've never noticed.
I simply set my car in my custom mode, ease in to the water box, paddle down to set manual shift mode, push my chicklet button activating the burnbox, I hear a chime and the dash blinks about the abs and all that, I ease down on the throttle and click through a couple gears, release chicklet, and rollout.
Ease to the line, stage, launch.