This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Support this week for electric vehicles in the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship. The series announced plans, or maybe hopes, for the cars starting in 2018. Now Michael Andretti is on record liking the idea. Andretti Autosport already campaigns in Formula E and…
NHRA Seattle Funny Car Winner Robert Hight had to beat two members of his John Force Racing team to get to the winner’s circle Sunday. He jokingly said John Force and his daughter Courtney would retire to a mid-season vacation this week. But Hight said he had some plans of his own while they’re away.…
ARCA Winchester Winner Kyle Benjamin drives between the ARCA and NASCAR’s Xfinity series. He talked with the Freaks Sunday night about the competition in both especially the battled he’s had with the more experienced NASCAR Cup guys who come down to the lower divisions and race against the sport’s newcomers. Benjamin also talked about his…
When Pipo Derani and Johannes Van Overbeek won at Road America Sunday,m the man with the biggest smile was Scott Sharp who owned the car they were driving. The win is being called a breakthrough for the Extreme Speed Motorsports Nissan prototype. The team started the year with a string of problems that appeared to…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I heard one of the dumbest ideas for NASCAR this week. Andrew Murstein, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, threw out the idea of a spending cap to level the playing field in the sport. Among other things he said it would increase fan…
NASCAR driver Alex Bowman’s life is about to change radically. Starting next year he’ll be replacing Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the NASCAR Cup Series #88 fulltime. The change was announced last week and on social media, Bowman is fast becoming the object of many conversations. You don’t replace the most popular stock car driver in…
IndyCar Mid-Ohio Winner Josef Newgarden was in The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second victory in a row in IndyCar. That major hit in points lofted Newgarden to the top of the driver standings. It’s the first time an American driver has been on top of the standings in some five years. Newgarden, though,…
NHRA Cat Spot Litter TF Harley Rider Ricky House was in The Freak Nation Sunday night battling to remain second in the TF Harley standings. The season is about over for the big bikes to House didn’t want to talk about much more than keeping his standing. But his casual way of talking about riding…
NHRA Sonoma Pro Stock Winner Tanner Grey returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night obviously excited about his win in northern California. But during the conversation The Freaks talked with Tanner about his residence in Mooresville, NC, the heart of stock car racing country. Hours after winning a Pro Stock event, Tanner was talking about…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. More evidence that motor racing can’t escape larger world headlines. Porsche this week said it’s leaving the World Endurance Championship at the end of this year. Reports said Porsche was spending more than $200 million annually on its highly successful Prototype program. That…
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