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

I installed a V-gate in my car,once. It was horrible, anywhere but banging through the gears one way; up-shifting. Period. Ran it on the street for a bit. That was a dark time for me.
-T-handles were forever coming loose. And when they did on the 2-3 shift, your knuckles would be sore for a week.
-Pistol-grips look pretty cool.Look cool.The handles are usually too long for aggressive shifting, but whats worse is how they work in the shift motion. They rock your wrist and lift your elbow.
-Hands down the best shift handle is a ball, on a very short stick.You can shift it in so many ways; over the top, underneath,around the outside, open fist, closed fist, 2-fingers under, 2-fingers over,yeah any old way. And if you build a custom bracket and rods,mount it very high and way back. So your forearm is parallel to the floor, and elbow is a couple of inches forward from your shoulder. Now you can shift it with your back in the bucket, and put some serious shoulder into it. That 2-3 shift is always the tricky one. Not any more. Anyway thats what I did, and it worked for me.
-You gotta have a ball.
-Power shifting a stock A-833, after 5000rpm gets a bit dicey. You better have a rev limiter. And yes the engine rpms will flare.And you better have your clutch set up right.And it better be a premium piece.And your shifter better not hang up. And if youre side stepping it,be sure to get your leg out of the way. But when everything works just right, its pretty cool.Sounds like a really really big dirtbike.