Stevie 'Fast' Jackson Breaks Down Top-End Crash at World Doorslammer Nationals|

Later on winning the 2022 NHRA Pro Mod world title and a couple major Radial vs. the World races to start the 2022 flavour, Stevie "Fast" Jackson was a heavy favorite to go rounds at the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Doorslammer Nationals presented past CTech Manufacturing at Orlando Speed Globe Dragway.

Only Jackson's race solar day at Orlando ended in the starting time round with a loss that was compounded past a top-stop crash when his parachutes lifted the rear of the car and pitched it sideways, ultimately sending Jackson into the left-side wall.

"I'm always typically early on the 'chutes, and I was this time too," Jackson said in the pits but a few hours after the incident. "On the video, the parachutes look like they hit each other and one of them blossomed. When information technology blossomed, information technology snatched the car up in the air. The driveshaft goes to basically zippo in the back. The car'southward billowy around, got a bunch of lateral. You're eating upwards ground at a rapid rate of speed."

"I got on the brakes, started sliding a picayune, come off the brakes, and at that point the car pitched sideways and was kind of sliding," Jackson connected. "Self-preservation takes over and you but hit the brakes. When something similar that happens, the car is either going into the wall or into the net. You kinda gotta decide your path."

Jackson's path certainly wasn't ideal, but he was quick to point out that it wasn't the worst matter that could've happened in that situation.

"Information technology'southward unfortunate," Jackson said. "Non near as bad as it could've been. It was close to rolling over, which would've been badbad. It looks similar it needs to exist front end-halved, a little body work and nosotros'll get her patched up."

As for Jackson'due south personal condition, he reported only minor bruises around the shoulder belts. In fact, he was back up on the starting line for J&A Service teammate Jim Whiteley's pairing around 30 minutes later on crashing.

"It was only a negative 8-g bear upon when it hit the wall, which sounds like a lot to the people at domicile," Jackson said. "Just when I crashed in Charlotte [in 2018] it was negative fourscore when it knocked me out. This was pretty much like a 50-mph fender bender on the highway. No injuries. Much more mentally injured than I am physically because this is a pretty bad fourth dimension of the year for that to happen."

Before the crash, Jackson and his Bahrain one Racing team were preparing to boot off their E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod presented by J&A Service championship defense season at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida, this weekend. Merely with just a few days between the World Doorslammer Nationals and the Gatornationals, Jackson'southward options for making the race are express.

"I have no plan yet," Jackson said. "We've discussed a agglomeration of options, looked at borrowing, renting, stealing, leasing a motorcar. I definitely will not be in our championship car for Gainesville. Nosotros're going to try to get it repaired and have it out by Charlotte, merely I take goose egg programme for next week."

The fan-favorite commuter was conspicuously down-hearted after losing offset round and crashing his prized 'xix Camaro, but he also had an optimistic look at the large-picture view.

"It's good to see everybody out here having a practiced fourth dimension at this event," Jackson said. "The stands were packed both days, Saturday and Sunday. It's awesome to race in forepart of a packed house. Ozzy Moya, Wade Rich, all the Elite group, with Elevate Illustrated promoting this event, information technology was crawly."

"I hate it for everybody who came a peachy altitude to watch united states race," Jackson added. "I feel more weight on my shoulders from letting them downwardly than I practice from losing myself. But we'll get it patched back up, and I wouldn't bet against us."