Is a pistol grip shifter a good choice for power shifting/drag racing?

Just starting the teardown on my 68 cuda since finally getting my garage built , already have a new pistol grip but still need the shifter and linkage , I think it all boils down to it's my car and I like what I like , for me it's probably because my brother had a new 71 cuda with a pistol grip and comming from rural pa with a love of anything firearm related it was just cool. So I put a 4 speed and pistol grip in my 69 cuda , was a 318 3 on the tree , traded a mister G vertigate that I paid 25 dollars for to a frien that had a 440 dart , what did I need that for , but when I shifted it my goal was to put the shifter in the trunk or through the windshield , only ever hung 2nd once and also broke the syncronizer but guess what it was even easier to shift after that , just a little grinding at normal driving, not alot of power but alot of fun , its all about the past the future or whatever makes you happy as many of us already know when you turnaround and can't believe how much of your life is gone you have to make as many memories as you can.