Drag Illustrated Issue 150, November 2019 | Page 6

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FEATURES
24 Anarchy!
While the no-prep racing world has
hit the big time thanks to Discovery’s
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings
show, the folks behind Great Lakes
Dragaway’s Anarchy No Prep events
are just fine with the underground
feel their events have, drawing fans
and racers alike.
By Van Abernethy
“All the Track
Will Hold”
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28 10 Years of
YellowBullet
Yellowbullet.com founder and race
promoter Monty Mikho dishes
on the 10th annual running of
his Yellowbullet.com Nationals, a
Labor Day tradition at Cecil County
Dragway that saw Tyler Hard and Mo
Hall lead the list of winners.
By Craig Cook
36 Small-Tire Stunners
Marcus Birt might’ve lost in the
Radial vs. the World final round at
the Shakedown Nationals – at its
new home, Virginia Motorsports
Park – but he fell to Stevie “Fast”
Jackson, who tuned Birt to the
first 3.50-second pass for a nitrous
doorslammer before beating him in
the class’ quickest side-by-side race.
By Josh Hachat
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DEPARTMENTS
8 Letter from the Founder
As DI founder Wes Buck explains, the magazine hasn’t al-
ways had access to hundreds of images from dozens of drag
racing’s best photographers to help fill the pages. Buck’s
mission to take his own photos for the very first issue led to
a chance encounter with a longtime contributor – and an
important lesson.
DI CO LU MNIST
49 The Real Deal
Have you ever said anything you later regretted? Col-
umnist Tommy D’Aprile talks about the importance
of being “quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to
anger,” sharing his own experiences with overreacting
and speaking before thinking.
ON THE COVER Jamie Hancock in his Radial vs. the World ’68 Firebird
as photographed by Johnny Law at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Georgia.
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