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…
Competition Plus Magazine Publisher Bobby Bennett has been on the cutting edge of drag racing for 18 years. Just like The Freaks, Bennett took a leap into the deep end and kept swimming in the motorsports media world, in particular drag racing. His latest breakthrough, a theory that NHRA’s Pro Stock class might be on…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. This is something that should be noted for all motorsports. The Martelli Brothers, organizers of the Mint 400 in Las Vegas, had their inaugural Dash for Trash Desert Clean-up last Saturday. The idea: promote sustainable habits and responsible public land use. More than…
NASCAR Talladega Winner Brad Keselowski came into The Freak Nation briefly Sunday night to talk about his survival of the Talladega NASCAR Cup race. About a dozen cars finished from the 40+ that started. Crash after crash in traffic after traffic trimmed the field to almost nothing. Brad, a longtime Friend of the Freaks, talked…
2017 Global Rallycross Champion Scott Speed interrupted his family night at Disneyland to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. Speed is a former F1 and NASCAR driver who’s found a home with his third GRC title. Speed races for Andretti Autosport but he is happy to not be in IndyCar, Michael Andretti’s main business. Speed…
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