One of the, if not the biggest crashes of the year involve Stevie “Fast” Jackson’s airborne Mustang at Southern Georgia Motorsports Park earlier this month. Paired off with DeWayne Mills during the No Mercy 7 race, Jackson turned what started out as a power wheelie into flight like you never, ever want to see on the dragstrip. Airborne for around 300 feet, the Mustang ended up drilling into the wall parachutes-first before rolling onto it’s lid, sliding down the track, and coming to rest upside-down and on fire. To say the visuals of the whole wreck from start to finish were astonishing doesn’t do it justice…this is the kind of crash that would’ve easily made the cover of an old Diamond P “…And They Walked Away” video. That isn’t an achievement any driver wants to earn.
In this followup video by 1320Video, Jackson himself takes you through the entire experience from the moment he cut a .004 light on Mills to the moment he mowed over a paramedic as he was hauling ass away from the burning wreck. Seeing the “Shadow” Mustang completely demolished sucks, but seeing Stevie alright moments after the crash is the high point of an incident like this. It’s a testament to the safety built into every one of these race cars, and the reason why he walked away from the crash just fine.
One of the best mini docs on what a crash like that is like. Glad he’s OK.
I had suspension failure on the end of the run. they say I was on 2 wheels. all I saw was that I was going to hit the wall at an angle which I knew it was not going to be fun. some how it straighten just before hitting the wall. woke up with a headache and concussion.
the experience is only good for one time.
Most Starters will catch that your visor is up before you trip the first staging light as they are trained to look at the drivers, glad his eyes/face were spared in this one.