So that image above looks bad, right? It was going to be really bad for “Stevie Fast” Jackson as he was in dire shape while trying to get the famed “Shadow” Mustang hauled down. The car, driven by Jackson and owned by NHRA top fuel crew chief Phil Shuler is flat nasty. It made the finals at Donald Long’s Lights Out 7 race and was the featured attraction taking on Ax Man Marcus Birt at Macon Georgia Motorsports Park. Birt in his nitrous pro mod style car and Jackson in the stock wheelbase, radial equipped, screw blown Mustang.
Jackson and Shuler handled their business, taking care of Birt in the Corvette and that is when things got crazy. From the starting line, people saw smoke, dirt, and flying sparks. It looked really, really bad. The starting line views were not really all that telling of how gnarly a job Jackson did in the shutdown area but this camera angle from the Long Shot Racing Video YouTube page shows it in living color. The wheelie bars scraping the wall is what threw the sparks, which was the least of his troubles.
When you see how crossed up this car was, to the point of nearly turning all the way toward the starting line and the fact that Jackson somehow got the thing headed back in the correct direction of travel and hit NOTHING it is truly amazing. We’re not sure we have ever seen a drag car come around from this angle and not get into some sort of a wild tank slapper situation or at least wildly fishtailing during the correction. Jackson is a boss and this run only adds to his legend.
Absolutely incredible stuff.
With all the crappy driving that happens, it’s nice to see some truly pro work in a dicey situation. Then he just rumbles off along, too cool.
Pro driving for sure after he gains control he hustles into his own lane nice job .
Holy S@#t, truely a wheelman!!!
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That save left skid marks in multiple locations!
holy poop stains batman!