I highly recommend he learns HOW to drag race BEFORE adding squeeze. It's not all about 'going fast' but more about consistency, and consistency requires LOTS of seat time one quarter mile at a time. That seat time will teach how to set up the car(suspension - engine tune - safety systems), how to maintain the car for that type of abuse( it IS abuse cuz stuff will be breakin' !), and teach driver reaction and most important of all, SAFETY !
Remember, the ONLY stupid questions are the unasked ones.