Hide your women and children, drag racing fans! The infamous Yellow Bullet Nationals, hosted by the internet message board where “the weak are killed and eaten” is poised to once again contest what has become one of the most talked-about drag races in the sport at the Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland this weekend. Racers and fans have been looking forward to this one all year long, and with all the heavy hitters in doorslammer racing descending on Cecil County, this year’s edition is expected to be another barn burner! We’ll be in the house all weekending bringing you all the coverage, news, notes, and photos that you won’t find anywhere else, so stay tuned!

As always, a special thanks to the presenting sponsor of our same day event coverage, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels!

Jimmy Ruetter aka "New York Nova" runs Big Tire Outlaw and is part of a nine car group that made the trip from Long Island NY. He runs the car with his wife Kelly with a new Fulton 762 on 4 guns with a best in testing 4.59 @ 157 MPH for the West Babylon, NY based team. The car was redone recently by Gary Naughton Race Cars, Jack Ford will be helping tune the engine and chassis here this weekend.

Jimmy Reutter aka “New York Nova” runs Big Tire Outlaw and is part of a nine car group that made the trip from Long Island NY. He runs the car with his wife Kelley with a new Fulton 762 on 4 guns with a best in testing 4.59 @ 157 MPH for the West Babylon, NY based team. The car was redone recently by Gary Naughton Race Cars, Jack Ford will be helping tune the engine and chassis here this weekend.

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The Mickey Thompson crew is here providing tires service with plenty of stock on hand for this event. They will have a busy weekend as the pits are quite full already with more racers coming in.

Paul Major is back again this year with his Outlaw Drag Radial Corvette out of DMC Race Cars.

Sean Ashe and the ATF crew made the haul from South Florida with some revisions to run Outlaw Drag Radial this year after competing in X275 at previous events here. Sean has been running NMRA events in the new Street Outlaw class and doing well.

Long Island, new York’s Brian Penna was here testing yesterday for Outlaw 10.5, they tore the engine down last night to replace the rings and were getting the heads bolted back on this morning about 10:45.

The X275 vendor tent is sure to be busy this weekend. The crew has plenty of stock in hats, shits and other assorted items for sale.

The X275 vendor tent is sure to be busy this weekend. The crew has plenty of stock in hats, shirts and other assorted items for sale.

Turbos abound here this weekend especially in OL 10.5 and Drag Radial. Larry Wood was warming up his OL 10.5 Corvette earlier this morning.

Turbos abound here this weekend especially in Outlaw 10.5 and Drag Radial. Larry Wood was warming up his OL 10.5 Corvette earlier this morning.

A 5.19 @ 133 for Charlie Booze on his second hit in Ultra Street trim. This is his first time here at the Yellow Bullet Nationals for the multi time NMRA/NMCA Hot Street/Pro Stock champion.

Erica Coleman drives this Top Sportsman Camaro formerly owned by Jim Halsey and is the first car in the 5’s in the class. It’s a Tim McCamis chassis with fresh paint and body by Erica’s husband and crew chief at his body shop, Purnell Body Shop. Dennis Long from Long Engine Works built the naturally aspirated 565 which is backed by a Rossler 3 speed TH 400 transmission.. Erica has been racing 8 years with this being her first full year in Top Sportsman. Erica and Dave Coleman won here last year in Super Street and Pro Street.

Mike Barry run his 1965 Chevelle in Ultra Street and is part of the NA Mafia that runs the class. He hails from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The Big Chief Chevy is built by Burtonsville Performance Machine with a Dart Iron block and18 degree heads. The Edlebrock intake was sourced from Curtis Boggs at RFD and is topped by a Gary Williams dominator. Wayne Rogers from Santelli, Virginia did the transmission with a Ultimate Converter Concepts converter transferring the torque. Supsension is from TRZ Motorsports with Santhuff shocks all around.

Ryan Graham is based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia and is here running Ultra Street again this year with his 1992 Mustang. The car has a 347 cubic inch small Ford on one stage of nitrous. The father and son team just got the car back together recently after hurting the engine here last year. They assembled the engine and did the chassis work themselves.

Tom Haase drives this 1967 427 Impala SS in 8.50 Index he has owned for 12 years. Built by Nicky Montana from Montana Brothers Race Cars, it’s got a naturally aspirated all aluminum 598 built by Hasse’s family business Piston Racing Engines out of Bayshore New York for 28 years. Crew is Tom and his brother John.

Tim Lewis gets the BFE award today for being the farthest from the starting line. He is from Ocean City, Maryland and running Pro Dial this weekend. The 1970 Nova is powered by a 489 big block Chevy on pump gas.

Lou, Bob and Mike come here from the Pocono’s every year and hold a massive cookout for anyone that cares to stop by. They have two cars in competition this year, one in Super Street and another in Pro Dial. Big thanks for feeding me and many others this weekend and last year.

John Olcott owns this 41 Willys original NHRA record setting car campaigned by Russo and Santo. John II and his father found the car back in the 80’s and restored the car to look as it did in 1967 where it won Indy and have been racing it for about 12 years in various nostalgia races. This is their first time here with the trip being prompted by John III. It now has a big block Chevy power plant and runs mid 10’s but still uses the same chassis and suspension as built.

From left to right Rich Greiner, John Olcott II, John Olcott II and Daryl Anderson. The car has a lot of history and many racers have signed both doors. Gotta love something a little different here this weekend.

Todd Geisler is another Ultra Street car running NA. Here he launches hard earlier today during testing. Todd runs here regularly and is currently third in points here at Cecil County.

Joe Rivera from Pro Torque has been developing some new parts including a bolt together 9 ½ inch converter. The revolution series 9 ½ inch bolt together will be available for lower horsepower cars such as X275 and similar powered vehicles. The modular drive system has been under development for some time now and is nearly ready to come to market. The system reduces the rotating mass of the converter allowing the engine to accelerate quicker which has resulted in a decreased 60’ times. Here this weekend testing it is Mo Hall, Tom Kemp, Nick Agostino among other racers. There are several Pro Mod Teams using the modular drive including Bill Lutz, Kevin Fiscus, Jose Gonzalez, Chip King and Troy Coughlin.