JACKSON’ S KILLIN TIME RACING“ SHADOW 3.0”’ 68 CAMARO HAD TO BE PULLED BACK BY HIS TEAM AFTER THE BURNOUT IN THE FINALS – IT DIDN’ T AFFECT HIS RUN, HOWEVER, AS HE LAID DOWN A 3.566-SECOND PASS.
the WSOPM, everything is still on the table for the two-time NHRA Pro Mod champion.
Before long, Jackson comes riding back to his pits with a wide grin on his face, despite being exhausted. It’ s been a week that was long on stress and short on sleep. Jackson is finally ready to celebrate with his team, but first, he sits down with Drag IllustrateD to discuss what is arguably the biggest win of his storied career.
You’ ve supported the WSOPM and the Winter Series since the very first event in Denver. You’ ve been close before, but how does it feel to finally get that monkey off your back? Man, it feels awesome. Ever since Wes had a dream of doing the World Series of Pro Mod in Denver in 2017 and we hauled that thing out there, I saw what he was building and I really wanted to win one of these races. I’ ve won U. S. Street on radials a bunch, but I think this is the
March / April 2026 first time I’ ve won it in Pro Mod, and it’ s definitely the first Winter Series race. We missed winning World Series of Pro Mod last year by a thousandth. You don’ t ever learn anything in life from winning. You learn by failing, dusting yourself off, and going to work.
It’ s a surreal feeling to have the team that I have around me. Everybody’ s‘ Stevie, Stevie, Stevie.’ This doesn’ t mean anything about Stevie. Stevie can only do what he does because I’ ve got people like Jeff Pierce tuning the car, people like Bob Reinhardt building the engines, people like Alicia Davis who runs the company when I’ m gone. All the crew guys that brought this
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