NHRA Mello Yello Atlanta Funny Car winner Tim Wilkerson is a veteran in drag racing. He’s been close but the win Sunday was his first since 2011. Wait’ll you hear Wilkerson’s candor about being a single car team in a sport that’s going corporate with multi-car efforts. Wilkerson tells us about a conversation he’s had…
2015 Indy 500 Pole winner Scott Dixon is a LONG time Friend of the Freaks. Whenever he visits it’s after some brilliance on a race track somewhere. This time it was being the Top Qualifier for next weekend’s Indy 500. But we talked candidly about problems with the speeds this weekend and the car’s flying…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… I’m completely confused at motor racing these days. For all the talk of safety, it seems that money is in charge of decisions and that’s troubling in the extreme. (LA Times Image) Now I don’t pretend to know all that’s going on…
FOX Sports NASCAR Pit Reporter Chris Neville had a hard time getting out of Kansas after a near three hour rain delay in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Saturday night. Neville, though, brought some great background stories about drivers and where they hide when the rain delays the television broadcast more than two hours. Neville’s…
IMSA Mazda Raceway DP Winner Michael Valiante won the TUDOR race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with teammate Richard Westbrook. Valiante and Westbrook are the fourth winners after four races in IMSA this year. The competition is that close. Valiante talked about how his Spirit of Daytona team is fighting to get the job done…
Indy Lights Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner Sean Rayhall made his second appearance in The Freak Nation Sunday night. Last September he visited after IMSA sports car success at Circuit of the Americas. This time the diverse driver added an open-wheel win in the special place known as Indy. Rayhall is anxious to add to that…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… On March First I talked about Amy Ruman’s win in the Trans-Am race at Sebring. Well today we’re bringing that name back to you. She’s now won four races in a row dating back to last year. That includes a powerful win…
2015 AMA Supercross champion Ryan Dungey came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his eighth win of the season in Las Vegas Saturday night. Dungey’s title was his second Supercross championship. He won in 2010 and backed that up with a 2012 Motocross title in the outdoor season. Dungey was equally proud that he…
IndyCar driver Graham Rahal is on a performance high this week after a brilliant drive to second last weekend at Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Rahal, a major fan of the national champion Ohio State football program told The Freaks about some delicate conversations he had in Alabama about last fall’s Buckeye victory over…
NBC NASCAR analyst and former Sprint Cup driver Kyle Petty this weekend started his popular motorcycle charity ride in Santa Cruz, California. The 21st edition of the ride will end in Branson, Missouri in about a week. The ride raises money for the Petty Family Victory Junction Camp for children with health issues. But getting…
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