NHRA Las Vegas Pro Stock Winner Tanner Gray, the youngest to ever win an NHRA pro category event, came into The Freak Nation Sunday night talking teamwork and The Freaks had another conversation for him! The 17-year-old Gray is a third generation drag racer and his win Sunday was a record setter. He was quick…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The World Rallycross Championship this week announced a deal with Ford to put complete races and more programming on Ford’s own live distribution channel on Facebook. World Rallycross opened its fourth season this weekend in Barcelona where last year’s champion Mattias Ekstrom won…
Four-Time World Challenge Champion Johnny O’Connell (2012-2015) is one of the most successful GT drivers in U.S. history. His wins have come in Le Mans, Sebring and anywhere in the World Challenge series. He was in The Freak Nation Sunday Night to talk about the World Challenge stop at the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend.…
2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. His visit Sunday night was getting The Freaks up to speed on his quest for a second championship season with Penske Racing. Pagenaud talked with Statt Mann about a number of things including keeping it simple when it comes to race strategy. Pagenaud…
CHiPs Actor/Director Dax Shephard is a motorhead especially when it comes to motorcycle racing. He’s especially a fan of MotoGP, the biggest global motorcycle racing series. He acted in, directed and was the executive producer of the CHiPs movie that opened this weekend in theaters. Shephard said he was willing to step aside for better…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. An undercurrent in modern sports is the idea that some of the best athletes are savants in their field of specialty. There’s even an argument that year ’round travel squads lead to repetitive stress injuries like Little Leaguers who pitch all year until…
NHRA Gainesville Top Fuel Winner Tony Schumacher was in The Freak Nation Sunday night just hours after his win in the Gatornationals. Schumacher was effusive in his praise for his car early in the season. His confidence was strong enough to use qualifying to get some additional test data that he eventually used in his…
IMSA Sebring 12 Hour Winner Ricky Taylor is a Friend of the Freaks so when he comes into The Freak Nation after a win we listen and, even, give him some business because he takes it so well. Taylor, along with his brother Jordan Taylor and teammate Alexander Lynn, got the win, the second in…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. My mind wandered a bit watching the Sebring 12 Hours Saturday. Sebring isn’t as mind numbing as Daytona or Le Mans. The track is rough and unpredictable producing racing that’s rough and unpredictable. One great thing about Sebring is its ability to prepare…
NASCAR Las Vegas Cup Winner Martin Truex, Jr. is from one of the smallest but most successful teams in NASCAR racing. Furniture Row is based in Denver instead of North Carolina. And, in Denver, the team has a close association with the Denver Broncos and team icon John Elway. Truex is a favorite of The…
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