Drag Illustrated Issue 127, November 2017 | Page 96

30 UNDER 30 JOHNNY EZELL K nown to his friends as “John- ny Bracket Racer”, Johnny Ezell certainly earned his nickname this October when he turned on all of the win lights at one of the most lucrative and prestigious races in all of drag rac- ing, the Mickey Thompson Million Dollar Drag Race at Alabama’s Montgomery Motorsports Park.Ezell, of Ventress, Louisiana, defeated “Racin’ Jason” Lynch in the final round. Ezell earned $325,000 for the win. In an all-drag- ster final, Ezell was first off the starting line, .003 to .015 and held on for the win in a dou- ble breakout. Ezell drove to a 4.879 on his 4.89 dial w