NHRA Mello Yello Brainerd Top Fuel winner Morgan Lucas was surprised to get his win on a rainy weekend in Minnesota at a racetrack owned by the family business Lucas Oil. Lucas has stepped back from racing in Top Fuel full-time to concentrate on business and his family. Winning as a part-time driver is especially…
2014 Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay has five victories, including Indy in May, since signing an extension with Andretti Autosport. Before this weekend’s IndyCar race in Milwaukee Hunter-Reay announced another extension through 2017. The agreement matches the extension of DHL as primary sponsor of Ryan’s race car. Last week The Freaks talked with Hunter-Reay on…
Christian Fittipaldi and teammate Joao Barbosa are the hottest team in the Tudor United Sportscar Championship after winning three races this year, the last two in a row. That includes last weekend’s round at Road America where Fittipaldi has had enormous success. It’s the track where he won his first open when race when he…
Sporting News Motorsports Writer Bob Pockrass has long been a Friend of the Freaks especially where NASCAR inside information is concerned. Sunday night was no different. Pockrass brought us the insider information on the Sprint Cup garage attitude over Tony Stewart’s silence after the August 9th accident that took the life of sprint car driver…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… To say motor racing’s at a crossroads is an understatement. It’s been in that crosswalk ever since Dale Earnhardt’s death in 2001. The accident that killed young driver Kevin Ward, Jr. August 9th only sheds light on an industry hiding behind the…
Sprint car racing champion Cory Kruseman knows the discipline better than most. He teaches sprint car racing at his school on the Ventura County Fairgrounds in California. Kruseman knows Tony Stewart well and was able to give us some insight into a key question: Why wound a three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion race up to…
NASCAR Sprint Cup Watkins Glen winner AJ Allmendinger came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to continue his celebrating after his first Sprint Cup victory. It was a celebrated win by everyone but the Australian fans who were there cheering Australian driver Marcos Ambrose who challenged Allmendinger for the win. AJ is a long-time Friend…
WROC-TV Sports Anchor John Kucko from Rochester, New York outlined the aftermath of the sprint car racing tragedy in upstate New YOrk. Kucko’s station was one of the first to report the accident. He spent Sunday at Watkins Glen at the NASCAR Sprint Cup race. He gave The Freak Nation the latest on the emotional…
Headline News Legal Analyst Janet Johnson outlined several legal issues surrounding the sprint car racing tragedy that claimed a young driver’s life Saturday night in upstate New York. Kevin Ward, Jr., was killed when hit by a car driven by Tony Stewart. Johnson outlined a number of criminal and civil penalties that Stewart could face…
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Seattle Funny Car winner John Force always breaks new ground when he visits The Freak Nation. Sunday night was no different for the 16-time Funny Car champion. Force talked about the win Sunday but he really got into talking about who his daughter Courtney Force can date. And wait ’til…
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