Four-Time Supercross Champion James Stewart is returning to the AMA series after a 16 month suspension. His return in Anaheim Saturday night, though, was short lived. Another rider crashed into him knocking him unconscious. He’ll now face concussion protocol that he must pass before he can race again. But before Anaheim One we talked with…
NASCAR Sprint Cup Driver Kasey Kahne stopped in Phoenix last week to talk with the Freaks while he promoted the upcoming Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway in March. Kahne has been a longtime Friend of the Freaks. so he was comfortable talking about his family, his kids and his Hendrick Motorsports contract…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We can start the New Year officially now, Anaheim One opened the Supercross season Saturday night. Last week’s opening media session was most impressive. The crowd of reporters and riders was larger but the most significant thing for me was something different. More…
Legendary heavy metal frontman Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead is dead at the age of 70. An announcement was made Monday evening on the official Facebook page for the British band. It read in part: “There is no easy way to say this…our mighty, noble friend Lemmy passed away today after a short battle with an…
Every year The Freaks take some time to remember the best moments of the motorsports and lifestyle year. We’ve done this for each of the 15 years we’ve been building The Freak Nation. This year we looked at: The Race of the Year, The Story of the Year, The Comeback of the Year and The…
Actor/Racer Erik Valdez is a growing Friend of the Freaks. He’s been a regular on General Hospital, Graceland, 90210 and CSI:Miami. He’s completed work on Jarhead 3 that’ll be out next year. But we love talking with Valdez who’s become a motorhead. He raced in last month’s Baja 1000 and recently got a behind the…
Motorsports Insider & Supercross Announcer Ralph Sheheen visited The Freak Nation Sunday night to update us on the 2016 Supercross season that’s less than a month away. We also leaned on him for some background on the NASCAR search for a sponsor to replace Sprint when it leaves the sport. His answers would surprise you.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m about to connect some dots that are out there. The headline: Nissan North America announced it’s getting out of the IMSA business. It’s leaving the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It may not be the only manufacturer to…
25 Hours of Thunder Hill Winner Darren Law came into The Freak Nation Sunday night from his Flying Lizards Motorsports team. He won the longest sports car race in America last weekend with three other drivers. He said it was largely a test session for January’s Rolex 24 in Daytona. But the test was a…
Los Angeles Angels lefthanded pitcher CJ Wilson is building his brand in the motorsports business. His CJ Wilson Racing team won the Street Tuner category in a Mazda MX5 this season. The team will move up in class to the Grand Sport category where it’ll run Porsche Caymans next year. The eventual goal is the…
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