Drag Illustrated Issue 150, November 2019 | Page 6

DI150 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” 36 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 24 28 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. 6 | Drag I l l u s t r a t e d | DragIllustrated.com Issue 150 D I CO LUM N I ST