Drag Illustrated Issue 126, October 2017 | Page 10

GOLD DUST Philadelphia Eagle star player Fletcher Cox pulls his driver, Shawn Ayers, into the pre-stage beam for the first round of eliminations at the Yellowbullet Nationals, the East Coast’s Labor Day drag racing tradition. Cox was able to get out to the track and wrench on his famed “Gold Dust” Mustang due to a break in his intense schedule, the first of two off weekends between the NFL preseason and regular season. Photograph by Tara Bo wker Cecil County Dragway | Rising Sun, Maryland | Sunday, September 3, 2017 10 | D r a g I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 126