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The U. S. Street Nationals presented by M & M Transmission just wrapped up, and the pit area of event winner“ Stevie Fast” Jackson is oddly silent. Soon the bourbon will be flowing like water, but for the moment, crew members are busy discussing a variety of other topics – what all needs to be repaired on the car; what time do they need to leave the following morning to get back to the shop; and how bad has the weekend’ s winter storm affected their area.
Jackson has ridden off to racer registration to pick up his winner’ s check. Tuner Jeff Pierce is sitting inside the rig, already busy going through the recent data on his laptop. Doug Cook, owner of Motion Raceworks – Jackson’ s primary sponsor – has to leave the festivities early due to his 6 a. m. flight the following morning. It’ s a brief moment of quiet after one of the most grueling and historic weeks ever seen in Pro Modified.
After years of trying and many close calls during the history of the Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod and now the Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J & A Service, the fan-favorite Jackson finally broke through at the U. S. Street Nationals, taking home $ 75,000 and the title of Pro Mod Champion at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
Piloting his screw-blown, Killin’ Time Racing“ Shadow 3.0”‘ 68 Camaro, Jackson defeated Derek Menholt in his Harts Charger-equipped 2019 Corvette in the final round, cutting a. 011 reaction time en route to a 3.566-second pass at 210.80 mph. Menholt gave up the race at the starting line, going-. 006 red before running a 3.570 at 211.36. The relief was evident on Jackson’ s face as he celebrated in the winner’ s circle, doused in champagne while standing atop his car with showers of pyro as a backdrop.
Jackson qualified sixth in the quickest field in Pro Mod history, with all 32 cars running in the 3.50s.
TEN YEARS AFTER COMPETING AT THE VERY FIRST WORLD SERIES OF PRO MOD, STEVIE FAST FINALLY CONQUERED THE DI WINTER SERIES, TAKING HOME THE U. S STREET NATIONALS TROPHY.
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