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OSCR CANCELLED
with timing experts, Crossnoe negated all runs
completed at the event.
That decision was announced after persistent
storms and a dismal forecast led Crossnoe to call
off the completion of the race on Saturday morn-
ing. Still, Speed Promotions paid out all purse
money promised to the racers. Purses for qualified
fields were split equally among the qualifiers. Rac-
ers who entered the bracket race, which hadn’t
started yet, were refunded their entry fees.
“Looking toward 2020, we really hoped that our
actions in the rained-out event would pay forward
for us to bring the event back to Bowling Green
and finish what we started last season,” Crossnoe
said. “After a number of months and unsuccessful
conversations, the stars did not align for us to
make this possible for you all and it makes us sick.”
“This event means a ton to myself and my team
but it is exceptionally special for me,” Crossnoe
added. “In 2014, when we started this whole deal,
my father was diagnosed with cancer and he was
able to attend OSCR for one day before he passed
away that summer. This event has always been
special to myself, my family and the entire team
involved because of that reason. From the memo-
ries to the record runs and big wins, OSCR has
had it all over the last six events.”
The cancellation of OSCR was a devastating
blow for Crossnoe, but he still remains deeply
entrenched in race promotion and execution. He
serves as the series director of the PDRA, which
will start its season in April, as well as the vice
president of racing operations at Virginia Mo-
torsports Park. It’s at VMP where Crossnoe will
continue to use what he’s learned at OSCR to
put on the COMP Cams Shakedown Nationals
XVIII presented by FuelTech, September 16-19.
“The skilled and professional team that greeted
you at OSCR will be a part of Shakedown once
again as we continue to try and bring the most
organized and fun events on the circuit to the
racers who fit the categories,” Crossnoe said of
the Shakedown Nationals, taking place at VMP
for the second time this fall. “As much as we are
going to miss seeing you all at OSCR, we look
forward to having you at the Shakedown in Sep-
tember at one great racing facility in Virginia
Motorsports Park.”
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Op-Ed: Is Stevie ‘Fast’ Jackson
the Best Racer Alive?
After a dominant Lights Out 11
victory and a perfect start to 2020,
it’s a question worth asking
By Josh Hachat
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If you’re somehow unaware, first, what are you
doing with your life? Second, let’s review, just for
the wow-factor sake.
• Set NHRA Pro Mod world record (5.643) in
Gainesville
• Won four races and advanced to eight finals
in 12 races
• Racked up the most points in a single season
(1,017) in NHRA Pro Mod history
• Won No Mercy and the Shakedown in RvW
• Advanced to the finals at World
Street|Nationals in RvW
• Won the U.S. Street Nationals in RvW
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hen Stevie “Fast” Jackson fi-
nally got to reflect on his 2019 sea-
son, he did so acknowledging how
difficult it would be to top it.
So far, he’s making it look easy.
Jackson has won the first two races he’s en-
tered in 2020 – both in the Radial vs. the World
“Shadow 2.0” – crushing the field in February at
Lights Out 11 in Valdosta.
If this is the encore to an utterly brilliant 2019,
one that included a NHRA Pro Mod world cham-
pionship and multiple RvW wins, then the sequel
may just be better than the original.
By all accounts, including Jackson’s, last year
was the best year of his career, putting together
arguably the most dominant season in NHRA
Pro Mod history.
Through two months in 2020, though, he’s on
pace to top it, which begs the question: Is Stevie
Fast the best driver alive?
You can throw out your Torrences, your Hights,
your Enders, your Coughlins and I could be good
with any of those names. But Jackson certainly
deserves to be in the conversation after the past
11 months he’s experienced.