Phoenix Raceway President Bryan Sperber Sunday night told The Freak Nation about the difference between the driver personalities in the spring when a championship isn’t at stake and next weekend’s race when a title is on the table. Sperber also talked about the insanity of a third race at Phoenix Raceway maybe sometime in the…
Lucas Oil Drag Boat Top Alcohol Hydro Champions Rick Allen and Mike DeClark are great guests even though their championship story is intertwined in each other’s season. Mike DeClark and his boat crashed mid-season and Rick Allen came in as “the closer” to get DeClark the title. It’s a story that was fun to unwind.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Matt Kenseth and I don’t know each other. But the one thing I remember most about Kenseth is the respect he gave me and the sport he honored and, once, dominated. Kenseth this week stood tall when he announced he’d be trying something…
NHRA Las Vegas Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson, the 2017 points leader going into the final event in Pomona, was in The Freak Nation hours after his victory in Las Vegas. He was quick to say nothing’s been decided on the championship because the points are too close still. But Anderson also talked about changes…
2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Rusty Wallace, the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, came into The Freak Nation Sunday to speak his mind on several issues. They included the changing of the driver guard in NASCAR and the changing of the configurations at Phoenix International Raceway. Wallace also talked about some controversial issues like…
NASCAR Xfinity Points Leader Justin Allgaier has a narrow lead in the 2017 championship over William Byron (two points) and Elliott Sadler (11 points). So Allgaier certainly isn’t planning a championship celebration yet. But he is satisfied with several things including the support and resources he’s found at Junior Motorsports this year. He’s raced elsewhere…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. World Rallycross fans here in America were pleased to learn the series would make its maiden voyage to the U.S. at Circuit of the Americas next season. Coming to America is important for all sponsors and automakers in the championship. But the schedule…
NASCAR Kansas Winner Martin Truex, Jr. came into The Freak Nation after a good race result but after taking a terrible hit for himself and his team. One of the Furniture Row Racing team members, James Watson, died Saturday night just hours before the Kansas race. That hit the team hard and found many members…
2017 IMSA Prototype Champion Ricky Taylor will leave his father’s Wayne Taylor Racing Team next season to go racing with Roger Penske, one of the strongest teams in all of American racing. Taylor and his brother Jordan won the IMSA Prototype title this year in what might be the last family effort at Wayne Taylor…
ARCA Kansas Winner Michael Self is way down in points despite his success at Kansas Speedway Friday night. Self fought for his win in late race restarts that went three to five wide at times. Self, however, is another of the well spoken ARCA drivers who battle to build their racing brands in the midst…
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