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Jackson Seeks New Racing
Partners for 2016
EVANS, GA (Jan. 20, 2016) — The new year just threw drag racer “Stevie Fast”
Jackson its first curveball with unexpected news that racing partner Jeff Sitton
of SEI Oilfield Services in Ft. Worth, TX, is scaling back his involvement in
the sport. Citing business turndowns, Sitton informed Jackson he has to
immediately withdraw financial support from Jackson’s Killin’ Time Racing, which
fields a top-running entry in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)
Pro Nitrous class.
“Jeff called me yesterday and delivered the news,” Jackson confirmed. “I’m very
appreciative of everything he’s done for me and what we have accomplished so far
together. It’s just unfortunate timing with the start of the PDRA season about
seven weeks away. I do understand why he had to make the call, though. Jeff is a
very good businessman and good businessmen sometimes have to make tough
decisions. I am blessed that we raced together. He and I remain friends and I
think we would both agree that we learned a lot from each other. We ran good all
last year, set world records, and generally shook up the racing world together.
Hopefully the future will find us racing together again, too.”
Jackson, who won the 2013 ADRL Pro Nitrous championship and finished third in
last year’s PDRA points, recently finished building a state-of-the-art race shop
near Augusta, GA, capable of housing two tractor-trailer race rigs and easily
able to accommodate several race cars at any given time. In addition to his and
Sitton's assets, it currently houses “The Shadow,” the legendary screw-blown ’93
Mustang grudge car he races for Top Fuel crew chief Phil Shuler.
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“I’d really like to see this shop full
again soon, maybe team up with someone
and run two cars out of here.” Jackson
said. “Ideally, I would like to
manage, run and tune a second team for
someone who maybe doesn’t have time to
work on their car or doesn't have a
top-notch crew already in place, but
wants to start the season running up
front. I’m very efficient at running
these cars. I know how to run up front
on a budget and I know what it takes
to win. They just have to love racing
as much as I do. They have to want to
win as much as I do. I am staffed,
equipped and capable of doing just
about everything in house. Really, I’m
open to talking about any opportunity
to team up, drive someone’s car, crew
chief, whatever it takes.
“There’s never a good time for
something like this to happen, but
it’s the nature of the beast. It won’t
stop me from racing, though,” he
added. “I’ve had setbacks in my career
before and no doubt I’ve got more to
come, but I always find a way. When
things like this happen, your glass is
either half empty or half full and I’m
definitely a half-full type of guy.”
Article by: Drag Illustrated / Ian
Tocher
ABOUT THE PDRA
Based in Pittsboro, North Carolina,
the Professional Drag Racers
Association is the top sanctioning
body in the United States for the
sport of eighth-mile drag racing. The
PDRA’s professional categories include
Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost,
and Pro Extreme Motorcycle along with
Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Pro Jr.
Dragster, and Top Jr. Dragster. The
2016 PDRA schedule consists of nine
national events. For more on the
world’s premier eighth mile drag
racing organization visit
www.pdra660.com.
Follow the PDRA:
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Instagram,
YouTube.
PRESS CONTACT: Lisa Collier
Professional Drag Racers
Association
lisa@pdra660.com
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