Monday AM Update on Dario Franchitti: Following the events of the last lap of the Grand Prix of Houston IZOD IndyCar Series race on Sunday, Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dario Franchitti was admitted awake and alert to Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston for a concussion, two spinal fractures and a fracture to…
ESPN Motorsports Writer John Oreovicz was in Houston when three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti crash heavily at the end of the IndyCar race Sunday. Oreovicz has been an IndyCar analyst for many years. He has valuable ideas of how the series could make changes that could increase track safety. We learned a bit of…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… Not enough is being made of it but former Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica is closing in on his first rally championship. Kubica and his co-driver Maciek Baran ran flawlessly at Rally France this weekend to win their fourth event of the…
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Pro Stock St. Louis winner Erica Enders-Stevens might be the biggest story in motor racing. Her win came at the track where she signed her first professional contract. It also vaulted her to fourth in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs with three rounds left. Enders-Stevens gave The Freaks…
IndyCar analyst Robin Miller is one of the world’s most versed on the machinations inside IndyCar. That’s why The Freaks had him in The Freak Nation Sunday night before IndyCar’s next round in Houston next weekend. It also came at the end of a pretty difficult week that saw IndyCar losing marketing partners and making…
Grand-Am Rolex DP Lime Rock winner Jordan Taylor took time out from the celebration Sunday Night to talk about his 2013 Rolex Daytona Prototype championship with teammate Max Angelelli. The title came with Wayne Taylor Racing, a team owned by his father Wayne Taylor. Taylor is launching a great career with his first title before…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… I’m a very big rallycross fan. I enjoy the European version as well as the newer remake being developed here in the United States. But it’s that U.S. version, Global Rallycross, that’s at a crossroads right now. The made for TV format…
Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series driver R.J. Anderson made a real impression last weekend at the LOORS round in Las Vegas. His Pro-Lite truck burned heavily Friday night but Anderson returned Saturday night to get a win. But the Friday night “fireworks” cut Anderson from the 2013 Pro-Lite championship picture. Anderson’s emotions were split by…
It was a pleasure Sunday night to talk with three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda, part of the storyline that makes up the new film from Ron Howard, RUSH. It’s based in 1976 and focuses on the Formula One battle between Lauda and James Hunt. Some are calling the film one of Howard’s best. One…
NHRA Funny Car winner from the Texas Motorplex Cruz Pedregon is a long-time Friend of The Freaks. We know Cruz as not only a champion Funny Car driver but one who loves open-wheel racing. Pedregon even drives USAC Midgets and Sprint Cars when he gets time. That’s why we started the conversation about Formula One…
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