NASCAR iRacing St. Louis Winner Christian Eckes returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He won at the Worldwide Technology Raceway outside St. Louis Friday night. Eckes is becoming a regular at the front of the line in virtual racing leagues through the week. He explained how the experience helps. Listen…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m not qualified for a book review but I am qualified to know what I like. Neal Bascomb’s book “Faster” is just that. Not enough is done to explore motorsports history especially details about racing’s bed partner, politics. Faster is a David and…
IndyCar iRacing Motegi Winner Simon Pagenaud, last year’s Indy 500 winner, was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second straight win in the IndyCar sim racing circuit. Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. We’ve been with him through sports cars, IndyCars and the acquisition of Norman and his wife Hailey.…
NASCAR iRacing Richmond Winner William Byron was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. The win at Richmond was his second win in a row in the invitational racing. That means he’s The Dude in the virtual stock car world. He loves sim racing and works at it when he’s not involved in his iconic #24…
WWE Star Mandy Rose, or Amanda Rose Saccomanno, was in The Freak Nation Sunday night after WrestleMania36. The match amounted to a battle for Rose’s affection Sunday. Otis took on Dolph Ziggler, a storyline pitched by Rose, herself. In fact, she involved herself in the match when she walked down to ringside and slapped longtime…
NASCAR Driver Garrett Smithley has danced around the NASCAR world from Cup to Xfinity to the truck series to ARCA racing. He stays busy but his experience in the sim world is what’s bringing him recognition while the track racing is shutdown. Does sim success get the attention of team owners? Do sim racing experiences…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. As we learn sim racing along comes Extreme E. It’s a series run with electric SUVs in remote parts of the world where the environment is challenged. Andretti Autosport this week announced plans to compete in the global odyssey. Andretti is the sixth…
This is the Statt Mann baby. Let’s Scatt a little bit. I tried for several days to get around the concept of a NASCAR driver using the N-word in sportive communication with his contemporaries. Instead I just grew angrier. How could a Japanese American male, who was helped to the highest levels of his chosen…
IndyCar iRacing Barber Winner Scott McLaughlin visited The Freak Nation from Australia his home country. McLaughlin was scheduled to driver with Roger Penske in 2020 before the global agenda changed radically. McLaughlin Saturday got a squeaky win over Will Power in a virtual race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham. McLaughlin is a great conversation.…
NASCAR R&D Engineer Eric Jacuzzi is the Senior Director of Aerodynamics at the NASCAR facility. But our main topic of conversation Sunday night centered on what brilliant engineering minds in motor racing could do to help with the COVID-19 global pandemic ripping apart America. What Jacuzzi and The Freaks considered, however, was how fabricators who…
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