Boy, this got resurected from way back! To answer your question John, yes, it was in drive. I have a 6500 governer in it and that is why I have a auto VB in it, so I can let it do its thing. I don't want to give up the column shift, which I have never been able to get tightned up enough to feel confident manually shifting without overshooting and I don't want a MVB. With a wedge, the car was deadly consistant in drive bracket racing, and I used it that way for years with no problems. I'm beginning to think I was just real lucky!