NASCAR Sprint Cup driver A.J. Allmendinger, a former winner in the Champ Car open-wheel series, is back in that form of racing with a ride in the Indy 500 with Penske Racing. Allmendinger, though, with all his success in Champ Car is a rookie at The 500 so he had to pass his rookie tests…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. I continue to love the 2013 season in many forms of racing. New names are appearing in the sharp end of driver points standings. I talked about IndyCar last week. Now we see Aric Almirola ninth in NASCAR Sprint Cup points qualifying…
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer finished second in the 2012 points but he is often first in the hearts of The Freaks. This is one of those times when Bowyer shows up to talk about grandfather clocks middle fingers and ducks. It takes an effort to combine all those in the conversation of a…
Two-time Supercross champion Ryan Villopoto added the 2013 title to his tool box making him a rare three-time champion as in three consecutive titles. Villopoto is entering some rarefied Supercross air with this year’s title and his tenth win of the season this weekend in the Supercross finale in Las Vegas. But we were concerned…
USA Today Motorsports Writer Jeff Gluck is a long-time member of The Freak Nation. He was more than cooperative when asked to visit the Freaks about the rainy NASCAR weekend at Talladega where both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races ended dramatically with a questionable finish in one race and a surprise finish in the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. You’ve got to love the 2013 edition of IndyCar racing. Today’s race from Brazil was filled with names like Sato, Newgarden and Hinchcliffe. As the series heads to the Indy 500 it comes with storylines that include winners like James Hincliffe, Ryan…
Loan Mart off-Road driver R.J. Anderson took a major win Sunday in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series. Anderson won a tough Pro Lite Unlimited race in Las Vegas and he took a break from tearing down his pits to talk to The Freak Nation. Anderson is tough that way! He’s also a Friend of…
IndyCar driver Graham Rahal hasn’t been in The Freak Nation for several years, at least since he’s been driving for this legendary father Indy 500 winner and IndyCar team owner Bobby Rahal. Graham has all but grown up in The Freak Nation so it’s great to hear how he thinks about the world of IndyCar…
Former F1 driver Scott Speed has made a big jump in his career. A break from NASCAR wound up in a Brazilian jungle where Speed won the first round of the 2013 Global Rallycross Championship. That allowed him to remove something from his personal Bucket List: winning an X Games Gold Medal. So will Scott…
NHRA Mello Yello Houston Top Fuel winner Bob Vandergriff was introduced with some country music questions. But Vandergriff used some 8000 horsepower experience to turn The Freak Nation upside down. You had to be there! No! Wait! You can be there!! Here’s Bob Vandergriff after some free lancing with his neighbor. Listen…
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