1969 Indy 500 Winner Mario Andretti was celebrated all month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 50th anniversary of his only win at Indy. But the 79 year old racing legend remains heavily involved in IndyCar racing from being an IndyCar Ambassador to driving the demonstration car giving VIPs the thrill of their…
NBC Racing Analyst Dale Earnhardt is a strange sentence to write. Dale Junior had an excellent racing career winning championships and races in NASCAR before his retirement. But his broadcast career could surpass even his sometimes brilliance on a racetrack. His contribution to NBC’s Indy 500 broadcast Sunday was just an example of what’s might…
NBC Race Broadcaster Leigh Diffey is a fun conversation in The Freak Nation. Sunday night was no difference. After more than a half century of ABC broadcasting the Indy 500, NBC sports did this year’s race and Diffey was in the center of a great race and broadcast. Diffey is fun… Listen…
2019 Indy 500 Broadcast Host Mike Tirico might be the best sports broadcaster in the industry. He’s done championship games, Olympic Games and legendary games. Sunday he hosted the NBC Indy 500 broadcast with Dale Earnhardt and Danica Patrick. That was after he took a two-seater ride with Mario Andretti. Tirico did all of it…
2019 Indy 500 Pole Sitter Simon Pagenaud was the headline from a dramatic day 2 of qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pagenaud had to survive the Fast Nine qualifying for next weekend’s Indy 500. He came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk ab out how he won the Pole, the voices he…
NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis is launching a new performance energy drink called Defy. He is bringing the drink into the world of motorsports sponsoring the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team along with Lucas Oil. They’ll be on the car next weekend at the Indy 500. The twist on this story is an active…
ARCA Toledo Winner Chandler Smith won Sunday afternoon on General Tires. The 16-year-old came into The Freak Nation shortly thereafter to talk about the win and his success in the ARCA series this year. And, yes, we said that right: Smith is 16 and he’s winning races against grown men, some older than his father.…
Two-time Formula One Driving Champion Fernando Alonso was supposed to lead McLaren into the 2019 Indy 500 next weekend. But a funny thing happened on the way there. He failed to qualify. It’s a shocker in the world of motorsports but Alonso might be the most settled in the failure. He talked with reporters after…
NHRA Virginia Funny Car Winner Ron Capps might be the closest friend the Freaks have in motorsports. It’s always a grand time when he visits The Freak Nation because it means our friend has won an event. It’s his second win in a row and it was sandwiched between the competition and what sounded like…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown shouldn’t buy any green bananas. The American was hired on promises that he’d find a full-time sponsor for the McLaren Formula One program while making the brand competitive and, possibly, a winner at Indy. So far, neither has…
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