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Driving around the water box will help a LOT with street tires. The water gets in the tread and makes the launch off the line suck as the tires will have a puddle beneath them at the starting line.
Spin the tires (burnout) to clean them off. It's not going to matter how long you do your burnout with the street tires. I would recommend a short burnout 3 seconds or less unless you want to replace the rear tires really quickly.
With Drag slicks, you do the burnout to get some heat into the tire and clean them. A longer burnout makes all the difference with slicks - the rubber will get real gummy on a slick after the burnout and will help to hook up the car.
You will want the lowest possible rpm that allows the tires to grab. I am guessing, but I would say somewhere around 1500 rpm or so and roll into the throttle after letting the clutch out to allow the tires to grab. I don't have my camaro yet - and mine won't be stock from the start, so my launch will be different anyway.
As far as Traction control, put the car into Competitive mode. this turns off traction control but keeps the active handling and ABS on in case you get out of control, it will save you from hitting the wall.
The above worked pretty well with my 2005 Corvette. I don't remember the times that car ran, but they were decent.
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