Drag Illustrated Issue 127, November 2017 | Page 96
30 UNDER 30
JOHNNY EZELL
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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
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