This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people who run World Rallycross, IMG, are bending to pressure from global car makers. They’re demanding a showcase electric and hybrid machinery, the kinds of vehicles manufacturers want to sell in showrooms. This week IMG announced Projekt E, an initiative for electric…
NASCAR Bristol Winner Kyle Busch came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with much to say about Bristol, his recovery from an early race crash and post-race comments from his brother Kurt Busch. Kurt was running second behind Kyle when he scrapped the wall and fell back. Kurt said he’d have crashed Kyle for a…
IndyCar Barber Winner Takuma Sato was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after a popular win Sunday afternoon. Sato drives for Rahal, Letterman Lanigan Racing and his win came in front of one of his bosses, David Letterman, the former talkshow host. Will Sato have to expect Letterman at the races now to take…
NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Mike Salinas got his first win Sunday in the Las Vegas 4-wide Nationals. Salinas is a San Jose businessman who’d never won anything before but now he’s with the best tuner in the business, Alan Johnson. In fact, Salinas gave the microphone to Johnson during the interview and Johnson…
The Freaks took us back 15 years to 2004 and a ear-opening interview with Rick Mears. Mears won in off-road before he went to open-wheel racing. Did off-road help as it appears to have helped Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR? And what about Mears testing in Formula One? Could he have won there? Rick Mears is…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s not often that NASCAR racing compares with stick and ball sports. But here’s a stretch. The NCAA men’s basketball final is Monday night between Texas Tech and Virginia, two teams with a blend of experienced upper classmen and talented inexperienced freshmen. In…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. In the mid-16th Century the French decided to change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. That moved the start of the year from April 1st to January 1st. Those who continued to celebrate the start of the year on April 1st…
NASCAR Texas Winner Denny Hanlin Came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second win of the young season. After winning the Daytona 500, Hamlin won in Texas overcoming two penalties in the process. He also described problems with the car and strategy during the race. Listen…
NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton once ran NASCAR’s Cup Series. Now he’s moved into the senior executive offices to plan NASCAR’s future. That future will start next season when NASCAR has decided to break with traditions and try new things in it’s top level Cup series. Helton explained some of those changes along with some…
Trans Am TA2 Road Atlanta Winner Raphael Matos returned to The Freak Nation after a ten year hiatus. Matos once came to see The Freaks along with Shaquille O’Neal. But Sunday night he came as a Trans Am TA2 winner at Road Atlanta. The win follows the season opening victory at Sebring. Matos is in…
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