Defending NHRA Top Fuel Champion & ESPY Nominee Brittany Force is one of four drivers up for Driver of the Year at the ESPN Award Ceremony. No drag racing, including her father, has ever won the award. But Brittany’s story is just strong enough to get the necessary votes. Bu the way, you can vote…
ARCA Elko Winner Gus Dean had to come from two laps down to get the win Saturday. It was the result of a crew chief plan that didn’t work, shall we say. Dean is another of the ARCA drivers we’ve had in The Freak Nation that was a joy to talk with. Maybe it’s the…
Two-Time NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagan was in The Freak Nation this weekend after two consecutive wins in the NHRA. But, despite championships in 2011 and 2014, Hagan returns to his Virginia farm where he raises livestock, hay and a growing family. In fact, there’s one on the way soon; a little girl. How…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Lots of troubling headlines these days but one that got through the darkness this week was word that Patrick Dempsey has broken through a ceiling in making the film The Art of Racing in the Rain. It’s been a passion project for Dempsey…
IndyCar Iowa Winner James Hinchcliffe was in the Winner’s Circle for the first time in 2018. And the win was the first on an oval for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. So, with all those first, it wasn’t unusual for Hinch to wind up the day in The Freak Nation. He’s been doing it for nearly 18…
IMSA Mosport Winner Colin Braun is a Friend of The Freaks. Braun and his co-driver and team owner Jim Bennett have visited with The Freaks before after a win. This one this weekend came at Colin’s favorite track, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, outside Toronto. He explains why it’s his favorite and the answer is one…
IMSA Six Hours at the Glen Winner Stephen Simpson made his first visit to The Freak Nation but it was a good one. Simpson explained his commitment to a paraplegic driver who’s a teammate in one series. And he talked about the LMP2 prototypes that are making themselves a nuisance in IMSA. Then, about that…
Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel made another legendous visit to The Freak Nation on the night another Freak Friend, Travis Pastrana, broke three of Knievel’s most cherished records. We’re proud of Knievel’s visit. He was candid and what more could you ask for from one of the most iconic sports personalities in world history. Listen…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. You had to see last night’s NASCAR Cup race at Daytona coming from far away. The crashes were wild even for a restrictor plate race. Just as predictable was the finger pointing by drivers taken out in the crashes. Brad Keselowski had the…
It was nearly ten years ago that I talked with Monster Tajima about his switch to electric power at Pikes Peak. He was already the King of the Mountain and had been for many years. It was Tajima who first told me that electric power was the mountain’s future and that electric cars would be…
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