Take a Pro-Mod lap tutorial in The Shadow 2.0 with Stevie Fast Jackson 

This video illustrates perfectly why drag racing is the best form of motorsports in existence. Could you imagine a NASCAR, Indy or Formula 1 star taking the time to make a 30 minute video to give fans an inside look at everything they do from start to finish? Drag racers are by far the most fan friendly of all the race car drivers. It is amazing to attend a drag racing event and take a stroll through the pits. You can actually walk right up to the cars and can talk to the drivers. And they embrace the fans, rather than treating fans as a nuisance. It is simply a different world. For anyone that hasn't gone to an NHRA or PDRA event, you owe it to yourself to experience this just once. If you do, you are hooked for life.

I love your attitude about everything..good luck next year.. Hope someone will make a Foxbody promod. The original shadow was my all time favorite car.........

I truly appreciate all of you guys questions, compliments, and feedback. It’s one of the reasons I get out of bed in the morning

Watching 2 years later hope everything is going good for you and yours thanks for sharing the experience

Thanks Stevie!!! The absolute best pro-mod video ever!! I learned so much!! Thanks again Bro!!

I realize I just watched an old video, but I have to tell you how throughly I enjoyed this insight! Thank you so much!!

This is what drag racing is all about!! Go back in the pits during races and these guys and gals will come out and talk to you if time allows!! Imagine ANY OTHER type of race car drivers doing this and you’re crazy!! Just won’t happen! Awesome video!👍🏻👍🏻

Awesome video, thanks for sharing the intricacy of driving a ProMOd. Definitely the most fun class to watch.

You meant three to four minutes from the time you fire it to the time you let go of the button you could even get the car staged in three or four seconds. I'm sure most people knew what you meant. I think you're one of the cooler Racers out there hope you kick their ass every season especially old man Smith like to see you run some NPK I don't think they would want any of you... I would love to feel the power of a pro mod!! Keep up the good work fan and racer myself.

Stevie Fast My Uncle is Tony Thorn who has been building motors and racing for the last 30 yrs and he's become really well known nationwide for Grudge and recent No Prep Small Tire Wins. He's never had sponsors other than local here in Dallas and he used to be sponsored by Royal Purple but he says that shit trashes gunks up motors now. Just wanted to thank you for the walk through and i would love a chance to become a pro mod pilot!! I'm looking for a miracle and i think your that miracle Stevie lmk man i would love to get any help possible from YOU!! Love your Aggressive Approach and how well you can hold your composure knowing your fixing 1.00 or whatever 60ft and run a 3.60 something 660 ft! Talk to me man i'd love to get to speak with you

Zippin along the 8th mile and 200mpr, not really fast yet lmao. Steve you're the man.

Stevie, huge fan. Thanks for always keeping the fans in mind and number one. Can you please talk about safety equipment, belts, suits and helmets. What layer suit and shoes. What brand belts and how are they sowed and how are they mounted. Give us a in depth look at Safety. I feel a lot of ppl Over look this topic. I see it all to often in the Deep South grudge seen. Thanks. Keep the vids coming. P.S. Send me one of your old helmets. So I can see what's it like to go fast lol my car would haul the mail with Stevie fast on board lol

Dude .... That has to be the most badass video yet!!! Outstanding!!! Best of luck, and KUDO'S to you !!!

I have a B&J Quick Drive converter trans brake set up that works similar to your Lenco trans brake unit. Something you might try doing when slowing down from a burnout is just before barely coming to a stop, activate the trans brake button and feel it into reverse. Slides in like butter because the transmission has stopped but the output shaft to the driveshaft is still barely turning with the movement of the car. Do the same when backing up from a burnout. Just as you are about to come to a stop hit the trans brake button just before stopping and you'll be able to move the lever to forward gear feeling it in with little effort. It keeps you from getting stuck between gear teeth where it won't let you find the forward/reverse gear without releasing the trans brake button again and again.

What an awesome look at what it takes to do this at the highest level! Sick video.

It's great to see you doing so well these days brother. Although I really miss the rivalries between you and Tony at the HOUSE of Hook. Nothing like all of us in the staging lanes betting and raising cane. It's just not the same anymore. But to see you where your at in the sport does my heart good. Great video Steven 👍😎

Thanks, that was awesome. There is a whole lot to master to get a pro mod down the track consistently fast.

Keep up all the hard work. if you never met steve in person make sure you swing by his trailer he is a class act and one of the hardest working teams in Drag Racing good luck 2019 KTR

Thanks for the ride !

Steve fast I have watched thus video over time at least 10 times and it is exciting every time I watch it I get amped up like im about to let go of the button. If I watch it on my big screen I catch myself going through the motions of the complete procedures lol I know I'm a drag race nerd. Love the channel and the best attitude in any sport #duckisslow #gethimaboosterseat

That was awesome to get to hear and see what it takes to pilot one of these badass rides Steve! Your attitude is great and super easy to understand. I wish I could get the chance just to ride along in a car like this one day. I know I'll never get to drive one haha

There is so much going on in a very little amount of time , even with you doing a run down , there is still so much more. Love the video , but Stevie you still was on the wheel after you left. I paused this video, rewind , slow mo it all a hundred times . And it made my head hurt. Glad I drive a PSRA Outlaw Pro Mod with a glide. That sh!$ with the shifter , trans break , and brake pedal would definitely be worth having a camera in the car. AWSOME . Everybody should put there ear buds in, crank the volume up , and watch this run from start to shut down , and pause and rewind often. U the MAN Stevie

Thank you!! Love all the detailed information

That was awesome, informative and entertaining Steve, thanks! I've "only" designed and built Virginia Tech's Formula SAE car for four years eons ago as well as being our engine team leader and doing 100% of our dyno tuning for our turbo charged fuel injected 20mm post throttle restricted Honda CBR 600 F3 motors. I autocrossed these cars as well as my daily driver, a 1973 Porsche 914 2.0 liter (the bigger if the two available engines. 😱😋 At least she only weighed 2,030 lbs at Watkins Glen with a full tank of gas. I've been a John Forde fan since I was a kid because he was sponsored by Castrol and that's what dad put in his car, then as a young teen I liked his win or die trying attitude, his "don't wash the good luck sweat out of it" fire suit, etc. I imagine y'all build your own motors, do you? What about the chassis? Are you able to race on sponsorship money or are you like my old coworker's friend who lived on adrenaline and credit cards while his other racing friend scraped by on money won & contingency? Take care and good luck. I learned a lot, that was awesome. Thanks again.👊

Thank you for this video, I appreciate the in depth inside look. I am curious to if there could ever be a Funny car, Pro mod shootout with perhaps dial in times. I think that would be a big draw, by getting out of the so called norm.

What an awesome video, very in depth

The King of drag racing 2019 no doubt! Long Live The King!

Mr Jackson, I’m a big fan, I’m trying to enter your sweepstakes. Thanks for kicking ass at lights out 11

Great video!

Awesome vid ! GAP and good luck!

Great video. Really enjoyed this

Great video. Well I tried to talk Phil in letting me make a run but I'm having second thoughts now. Lol good luck pulling for yall.

Wow. That was so cool and so informative. Thank you so much

Your an awesome guy stevie fast keep up the great work 👍🏾.

It took 33 plus minutes to tell a 5 second run....awesome Steve...now put the video of that run...

Don't care about anything, unless there is fluid pouring over me, and I'm not on fire, then everything else in the world can go away - I think I might make this my new life motto

Make it look so easy and simple

Awesome, great video. Thanks

Check out fast Freddie at Santa pod in his pro mod pick up never seen anyone do burnout’s like him he’s a legend

Very awesome video, thank you for sharing!

Awesome vid fast!

Yo this was dope to watch. Good stuff!

Awesome video

Thank you for all info

Thanks, Stevie … I'm a professional airplane pilot … you make me feel like the laziest SOB on the planet … all the best to you!

Your biggest fan! Would love the opportunity to work with you! My brother painted one of your cars years ago back in PTRA days. Would love for my brother and me to come work with you!

Wow! Thanks! Lotta info I didn't know.

ill like this bc u added voice sound effects!

30:45 that moth is about to go for the ride of it's life, lol!

What a great video! Now how about TF, FC, or Pro stocker?

Your the man. And sorry about your dogs but roll tide

That’s a lot of work to do in about 3-4min...My brain just shutdown! Good Luck In 2019!!!

It's like launching a shuttle dude.

Hi Steve check out the NHRA pro mod starter kit on RU-vid I think you will get a chuckle out of it. It's so true

That is such a great video to how to drive a Pro Mod Alcohol Car

Great Video..Thanks..

Hell yeah. Never quit patriot.

Awesome video! Can you explain why the blown cars idle so high? And how many gears do the transmissions have?

See you at the rock..ill bring a beer..a..haha

That's a great video! Very interesting!

You the best

What is the best class to start out in right out of school??

Why don’t you put some padding where you put your elbow .

Mash the button and its 2/100ths of reaction time???

How often to do you guys have to change tires ?

I always drove with 3 fingers and my thumb 1 hand

nice

MGMP FTW!!!!! KTR FTWWWW!!!!!

This guy is not a race car driver.... He's a Pro-Mod Pilot

"...perfume that smells like methanol..." - HA - million $ idea.

That was the coolest video I have ever watched on RU-vid.

Don’t think anyone else would do a video like this. Really appreciate it. You are a true professional.

This was a great video! Answered a lot of questions I’ve wondered about for a long time. Will be looking to see you crush the field in 2019

What a great watch and listen to the crazy process you go through. As a former Top Fuel Harley rider, there are a lot of similarities if focus and concentration but you are really busy in that car! I truly appreciate your speaking on focus "way down the track and well beyond the finish line" You go where you look. Thanks for such an interesting and precise presentation!

This was amazing to watch, never see the whole process before and imagine there are a million other tricks to master to get a good, safe run. Great explanation.

You sir are awesome thank you for a great inside look i am a 61 year young man that got into drag racing in 1995 as a photographer. I met a guy with a pro street car we had fun but never got the grasp of there was more to it than go to the track race a bit load up drink beer and go home. In 2004 i hooked up with a boss from work and we won a I.H.R.A. World Championship together. I later was on a funny car team with a 1948 fiat Topoleneo and a JR. Dragster which in 2008 i was awarded a Trophy for crew chief of the year in the Jr. Dragster part of the team. In 2011 i joined a T/A Dragster team and our first run set a track record at home of .98 sixty foot and a 4.98 188 mph in the 1/8 th mile but do to the job thing i had to leave that venture. Hope i didnt bore you but i would love to see more and wish you the best in 2019.

One of the most informative video's on pro mod drag racing I've seen, thanks Steve, and good luck with your racing.

Stevie fast your my favorite driver. I was wondering can you do a video on basic track maintenance between rounds?

Lots of people don’t understand how much work is involved to drive one of those things. And the amount of concentration you need to have. Great video. Thanks

Where's the Cheetos and big gulp? (Tim Mcamis)

Great for the sport bro!!!! Awesome to have someone taking the time to do this for everyone. I'm sure there are a ton of people who are 'afraid' someone might spot a weakness or give away their 'secrets.' You putting yourself out there and showing everyone what's involved and how much goes into this is the best thing any driver can do. Good Luck this season! Give them all the five finger discount double check!

Do you use a pro-cube delay box? If so... I’ve been doing a research project on the Z-Force setting. Granted a professional driver already has well-established a movement pattern... I believe for a novice: just pressing the trans brake button down, instead of holding it down then releasing, allows you to decrease the perceptual demand of telling your antagonist muscle to quiet down and simultaneously telling the agonist muscle to contract; Simply tapping the button to set the brake then tapping to release has a lower mean reaction time in ~24 of the 32 people I’ve tested.

good stuff Stevie It's hard to explain what it feels like to people . I will never forget my first time trying to make a pass key word TRY in a Funny Car . You know how people are I wish I could drive that . Well you will know real fast after they strap you in and start that beast up and you said it best this thing wants to EAT you and you have to push the pedal to the floor and hold it. Man you start thinking man what am I doing. you will find out real quick if it's for you or not. I loved it after I stopped freaking out. But it's about the money . Best of luck hope you can keep the money coming in. As they say No Money No funny as Paul Smith would tell me.

Absolutely incredible, being someone that is building a casual street / strip car and has never been down the track yet this really puts things into perspective. I will now start to educate myself on how to do a proper burnout , safety, improving on my driving skills and proper track etiquette. Really liked this video , you did a great job! You’re my favorite pro mod driver hands down !

That was wildly informative and entertaining! Thank you for taking the time to produce this content.

I have to say I will be the first to buy that perfume methanol..... the lady's will be all over you at the race track...... Lol.... I know one day u will be a HALL OF FAME ONE DAY... I ENJOY WATCHING U... THANK YOU

Thanks alot man. Answered alot of my questions. The average racer doesnt think about the small things like making the front end light while burning too much fuel on the starting line. Or how much actually goes into driving one of those things. Seems like yall have it down to a science. Like I said in my previous post, Good Luck next season.

Its alot to take in. Ive never drove quicker then 10.30, ive been around 8.50 cars intimately, and i totally understand this is a process. Although a little long winded, this was an awesome real life description. Also as he indicates, different drivers do different things...i mean, imagine that! Most important to me is when you bump in top bulb, you care less about other lane. U got a job to do. Do your own proven thing going all in, and react. I like what he said about not staring down the tree. Pro tree you stare down the center of the top bulb. If you bracket racing its not much different, but for me stare down the center of the 3rd yellow. Nothing else matters. Im no expert and i enjoyed this video!

Mr. Stevie Fast... I’m a little late to your video, but that’s awesome! We’ve been trying to get the Pro Mods to Pomona for the finals! Love this format and it needs to be expanded!

Hey Stevie I truly enjoyed you taking the time to show us the process. I am looking to get into a Pro Mod some time before the end of this year 2020. I will probably take time to do a lot of test runs before engaging a national meet at least those are my plans. I have been out of a race car for a few years but have stayed in tune with what is going on. Do you have any suggestions??

TUTORIAL???...This is more of a "Documentary" !.....WOW !!!....I RESPECT YOU SIR !!! Warren Johnson could NOT have done a better job...Great articulation and communication skills with spot-on information that I'm sure answered a lot of questions people had been inquisitive about but were afraid to ask. Most fans know you guys are at "work" when you're at the races and find "question(s)" as inappropriate. BTW ...I used to run this class back in the late eighties with a Don Ness Camaro before "Pro Mod" was added under IHRA sanctioning. At that time, The class was labeled as "Top-Sportsman". Pro Mod was added later on to relinquish the "Quick-8" category of Top-Sportsman. Fans wanted to see the Nitrous elites of Top-Sportsman on Sunday, But the Quick-8 shootouts were ran Saturday nights and ALL of those guys was only there for the Quick 8 purse to begin with so they intentionally go out first round Sunday...There goes half of the show right there !!!...Great times 👍👍

Just saw your video.. .. A really great detailed view of what happens in a high powered car. I was hoping to go for my 1st run down the track in 30 years and 25 years before that is when I was racing. A lot has changed in 55 years. Biggest thing is... I'm old! But I am still hopeful to take 1 more run down the track.. Thank you so much for the lesson!

He’s so happy grinning ear to ear explaining all this stuff, these cars are amazing

After watching this I swear my blood pressure and heart rate jumped 50 points. Great info. Only bad part about it is it just makes me want to do it even more. Good luck to you and your team in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to post your videos! Very informative and interesting!! A lot more to it than the average joe will ever know. Congratulations on your recent win and stay safe!

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Great video Steve! That was the longest run in history... LOL Loved every minute of it! It took you 30 minutes to describe probably a 10 or 15 second pass. Really made it understandable. Thanks!

Best video yet! Great explanation! Roll Stevie Fast Roll!!!

And so many thing it get in strap one and hit the gas . It's pretty crazy what it takes.

This is awesome! This kind of technical stuff is great for fans who want to dig deeper into how these things work and what it takes to drive them. Thanks for taking the time to explain it in depth and not doing an easy 5-minute video.