This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m loving all this new technology entering motor racing. At the Daytona 500 this week there was fascination with a new camera that was fractions of millimeters thin. Television flashed to it Sunday to get a real driver’s eye view of the racing…
2023 Rolex 24 Winner Colin Braun came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his fourth win in the iconic race. This time he won overall with three other drivers including Tom Bloomquist, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, all part of the Meyer Shank Racing Team. They won in an incredibly fast Acura GTP Prototype.…
Styx Lead Singer Lawrence Gowan is another SpeedFreaks guest from the legendary band. Only this time Gowan talked about a number of things including the Styx residency at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and the Heavy Metal shows he’s enjoyed with his son. Gowan and The Freaks even put in perspective the band’s touring…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Sometimes I just don’t understand the marketing mindset in motorsports. The golden chalice, of course, is audience. NASCAR has been turning over rocks for 20 years looking for more people to look at its motor racing shows. Last year it found one answer…
2023 Rolex 24 Pole Sitter Tom Blomquist came into The Freak Nation Sunday minutes after his fastest qualifying lap at Daytona International Speedway. Blomquist, did the lap in a Michael Shank Racing Acura GTP race car. It’s one of the newest GTP racers, the highly sophisticated race machines in IMSA, a rolling computer that will…
Author Crispian Besley did a deep dive into research that became Driven to Crime, True Stories of Wrong Doing in Motor Racing. These stories look at kidnapping, ponzi schemes and money laundering among other things. Besley introduces us to the criminals as well as their victims in some of the chapters. It was an incredible…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. There was a time when car makers promoted two World Rally Championship events in their showrooms to help sell cars. Always remember, car makers want to sell cars more than spend millions winning competition events. There was the East Africa Safari Rally in…
2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Champion Logan Seavey talked with Kenny Sargent minutes after his major win in the wee hours Sunday morning. Seavey drove for one of the legends in USAC Midget Racing, team owner Kevin Swindell to win the Chili Bowl preseneted by General Tires. But Seavey is most proud of winning…
Actor/ARCA Driver Frankie Muniz announced this week a full-time ARCA ride for 2023. Muniz raced open-wheel but had a bad accident and took 12 years off to recover and travel with an indie band playing drums all over the world. But after his son was born Muniz decided to get back into racing and he’s…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’ve always liked Travis Pastrana. His commitment to his fan base is admirable. Especially the children who follow his adventures. However, word this week that 23XI Racing will field a car for Travis in the Daytona 500 gives me mixed emotions. First, good…
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