This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Word of Kasey Kahne’s desire to end his full-time NASCAR career took me back a few years. Kahne was an unknown talent when he was a guest at a SpeedFreaks party at Irwindale Speedway one Saturday night maybe 15 years ago. He was…
IndyCar Second in Points Alexander Rossi returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. Rossi is second in points with a 2016 Indy 500 win on his resume. In 2015 Rossi raced in Formula One with Marussia before coming to IndyCar. So he knows considerable background on the European racing community and the differences with the…
World of Outlaws Knoxville Winner Brad Sweet finally made it into The Freak Nation Sunday night. Sweet is a former NASCAR driver who won the biggest race on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car calendar Saturday night. It was by inches over 10-time Knoxville winner Donnie Schatz, a nine-time World of Outlaws champion. Sweet was…
We take a 2009 Freak Flashback with NASCAR Team Owner Jack Roush. Roush has been a longtime Friend of the Freaks. His stories are legendary! But this visit is a special one when he describes a dealership visit with legendary Ford Corporation legend Edsel Ford. Roush also goes into detail on a plane crash in…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. There’s a trend here worth noting. NASCAR has had 39 drivers win at least one of its 68 championships through last season. Of those 39 drivers, only seven have been 40 or older. The oldest? 45-year-old Bobby Allison, leader of the Alabama Gang,…
NASCAR Winner at The Glen Chase Elliott made a brief stop in The Freak Nation Sunday night. His first win ast The Glen was a popular one with all his competitors who rushed to congratulate Chase. He’s the son of Bill Elliott, Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, a NASCAR legend from a different time. Elliott is…
IMSA Road America Winner Colin Braun came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second win in a row with teammate and team owner Jon Bennett. Braun’s CORE Autosport team isn’t one of the major teams in the sport but it’s winning with smarts and strategy. And he feels that’s good enough. But what…
NHRA Pro Stock Seattle Winner Tanner Gray was the 2017 Rising Star in the NHRA, a title given to the Rookie of the Year. Gray’s fourth win of the season is more than anyone else in his category. But despite this success, Gray is still getting some shade from competitors who don’t appreciate his success…
2002, 2005 & 2011 NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart came out of the bulging Freak Archives. The interview was from 2005 right before Stewart began his rise to his second championship. Stewart has been a regular in The Freak Nation and his shows in this conversation when he stopped by before taking part in a charity…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I had questions this week when I saw a Top Ten survey that put Watkins Glen on top for NASCAR racing. Watkins Glen is a road course and NASCAR makes its bones on oval racing tracks. I thought it was curious that NASCAR’s…
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