The launch and possibly shifting seem to be hurting your times. I have a gotten a best of 2.2760ft with my Probe so I'm sure your car can do just as good if not better since you run at the same track I do. For comparison here are some of my runs with my Probe:

60ft 2.338 2.345 2.369 2.331
1/8th 10.319 10.354 10.455 10.354
1/4 ET 16.184 16.217 16.370 16.232
MPH 83.569 85.304 83.891 83.163

Practice..thats all there is to it. Do you powershift or at least speed shift? Thats makes alot of difference..

'00 Harley-Davidson F150
'88 Mustang GT
'93 Mustang LX 5.0
'00 Focus (beater)