Burn out

Trying to teach the wife how to heat the slicks. She has a 67 barracuda, 360, automatic, 4:10 in the rear. Slicks are 26 x 8.5. She leaves it in drive. rolls through the water and stages. I told her to hold the brake and stab the gas. WRONG.......Any suggestions. Drag Radials ???

do you have a manual 727 in your baracuda?