Johnny O’Connell survived a bumpy World Challenge finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sunday to win his fourth straight GT championship. O’Connell had to learn a new car from his Cadillac Racing team plus overcome some teething issues earlier in the season to get his championship. He also had to overcome some aggressive driving from…
Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles Doubleheader winner Scott Speed interrupted his celebration Sunday night to visit The Freak Nation. Speed’s sweep in Los Angeles moved him to within eight points of the championship lead with three races left in the season. Speed brings Formula One and NASCAR experience to rallycross. His discipline in F1…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Not all the teams go to Australia for the World Rally Championship round there. It’s expensive for teams based in Europe to get all their people and parts halfway ’round the world. But there were headlines in Australia this weekend. The biggest was…
Chicago Fire defender Lovel Palmer this weekend will dive into the WhatCha Got television show presented by Continental Tires. It pits Major League Soccer stars in Lamborghinis against each other on a road course during an MLS game between Dallas and Columbus. The winner at the end of the series gets the use of a…
NHRA VP of Public Relations and Communications Terry Blount broke some major news in The Freak Nation Sunday night. When the NHRA takes it’s show to Fox Sports next season they’ll have nearly every event shown on live television. That’s a drag racing first. And even bigger, several of the events will be on the…
2015 IndyCar champion Scott Dixon was stunned at his fourth championship won after his win at Sonoma Raceway Sunday afternoon. Dixon entered the race in third more than 40 points out of first but with the double points available at Sonoma he managed to come all the way back to the title. We get the…
IMSA GT Daytona VIR Winner Townsend Bell worked the IndyCar Finale at Sonoma so he has great insight on Scott Dixon’s win and his 2015 championship. But Bell is a driver in his own right so he has some great insight on the FIA canopy testing for open-wheel racing. He takes us behind the scene…
NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force was at Sonoma where her fiance Graham Rahal had a distant chance at the IndyCar title. Now, though, Courtney’s attention turns to the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis next weekend. She talked about getting ready for the Super Bowl of drag racing and how she’ll get ready for the big…
Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler this weekend was named to the United State Men’s National Team’s 23 man roster before a couple soccer friendlies against Peru and Brazil. But The Freaks talked to Besler last week about his motoring interests displayed on the television show WhatCha Got?, a Continental Tire presentation with Major League…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For years we’ve heard about motor racing’s problem getting buy in from young people. The average age of the audience is getting a year older every year. Sure things like supercross and Monster Trucks appeal to kids but they’re the exception instead of…
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