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…
Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton won the Top Fuel category at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota Sunday. Before talking about his personal best record run, Crampton gave The Freaks some new ideas on safety canopies in Top Fuel drag racing. He also talked about the perfect conditions Sunday at Brainerd where…
Note: INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 24, 2015) – INDYCAR announced that driver Justin Wilson, who enjoyed success in multiple motorsports series during a two-decade professional career, died today from a head injury sustained in the Verizon IndyCar Series race Aug. 23 at Pocono Raceway. He was 37. USA Today Motorsports writer Brant Wilson was one of the…
Note: INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 24, 2015) – INDYCAR announced that driver Justin Wilson, who enjoyed success in multiple motorsports series during a two-decade professional career, died today from a head injury sustained in the Verizon IndyCar Series race Aug. 23 at Pocono Raceway. He was 37. Reuters Motorsports writer Lewis Franck has followed IndyCar driver Justin…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For generations Americans have fought the idea of international rules for our motor racing. Well, that’s changing of late. GT3 rules are taking over in American sports car racing. GT3 is based on production cars with common wings, wheels and fender flares not…
2011 & 2012 Red Bull Global Rallycross champion Tanner Foust finished fifth this weekend at the Washington, DC GRC round. He came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to give The Freaks a update on the growth of the sport and how he’s doing moving from Ford where he won titles to Volkswagen where he…
For the second straight year Philadelphia Union Midfielder Maurice Edu is in The Freak Nation to talk about What’Cha Got, a the series of television programs presented by Continental Tires. The shows pit soccer stars against one another in motorsport competition outside their soccer stadiums. The idea is to see what the players drive at…
IMSA Prototype winner at Road America Dane Cameron is locked in a battle for the Prototype Championship with two races to go in the season. Cameron and his teammate Eric Curran won at Road America to move into third in the standings just two points out of first. The competition is that close; only one…
MAV-TV Sprint Car Insider Dave Argabright was at the Knoxville Nationals over the weekend when an accident seriously injured Kevin Swindell, one of the brightest young stars in American motor sports. The rumors of Swindell’s condition are rampant. The Swindell Family, including Kevin’s father Sammy Swindell, a sprint car racing legend, have been quiet about…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some crazy thoughts after today’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan. First, what the heck has happened at Joe Gibbs Racing?? First Kyle Bush won four of five. Now teammate Matt Kenseth has won two of three. Gibbs and Toyota has won five of…
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