22-year-old MLS star Griffin Dorsey of the Houston Dynamo is another one of those up and coming soccer players who was raised in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. That was after he played at Indiana University where he was All-Big Ten and second team All American. He was part of the NCAA runner-up team that…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Let me join the list of motor sport fans who are disappointed that Michael Andretti wasn’t able to buy his way into Formula 1. He was working on a deal to buy out Sauber Racing and take over the Alfa Romeo team on…
SRO World Challenge GT America Driver Memo Gidley is getting up to speed after a terrible accident that could have been so much worse at the 2014 Rolex 24 in Daytona. Gidley’s recovery and rehab forced him to learn how to sit up and eat and put on his socks. Now he’s racing again and…
NHRA Rookie of the Year Candidate Josh Hart was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He’s maybe the leading candidate with wins in Gainesville and Charlotte, two of the eight events he ran on a limited schedule this season. But The Freaks found out the Top Fuel driver is so much more than driving his…
2021 W Series Champion Jamie Chadwick earned her championship this weekend with a double win at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Jamie came into The Freak Nation right after the second win at COTA before she even had a chance to celebrate. Chadwick’s victories at COTA over the weekend allowed her to keep…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… I once loved Formula Drift. Loved the competition, drivers, atmosphere and all. The Freaks have a special friend who runs one of the most successful teams in the sport: Steph Papadakis. Last night at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California – known as the…
Four-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. His championships in 2003, ’04, ’05 & 2010 AND all of his 98 wins came during the reign of The Freaks. Anderson was the 2004 Speed Driver of the Year, the only NHRA drag racer to win the honor. It all…
NHRA President Glen Cromwell returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. Cromwell climbed through the ranks to run the largest drag racing sanctioning body anywhere. Cromwell talked about the nice spot drag racing finds itself with three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart announcing plans for a powerful drag racing team next season. He also hinted at…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… I spent a few hours in Indy this week watching the SRO World Challenge teams get ready for Sunday’s eight hour race at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. Watching sports cars with largely equal driving talent on the Indy road course was notable. Some…
The Freaks spend several minutes on headlines that developed in the Charlotte Roval NASCAR Cup race Sunday. That includes the developing rivalry between Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick. It apparently started at Bristol and it’s boiled over to Charlotte and who knows if or where it will continue. Listen…
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