IndyCar Mid-Ohio Winner Pato O’Ward took over the lead late in the race while race leader Alex Palou was in the pits. O’Ward then held off Palou through the final laps to get his first “real” win of the season. His other victory came at St. Pete where he was awarded the win when the…
IndyCar Drivers Christian Lundgaard and Nolan Siegel were less than enthusiastic about the IndyCar series introducing new hybrid powerplants halfway through the 2024 season. Both drivers were concerned their teams, Rahal Letterman Lanigan and Arrow McLaren didn’t get a lot of time testing the new systems beforehand. Some of their development was still going on…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. More evidence today that maybe I’ve been doing this too long. I was thrilled to see seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton win Sunday for his ninth time at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It was an important win for all of…
IndyCar Laguna Seca Winner Alex Palou came into The Freak Nation Sunday night a couple hours after his win at Weathertech Raceway. Palou won the 2021 and 2023 IndyCar championships as well as the $1 Million Challenge at the Thermal Raceway outside Palm Springs. Palou is now a two-time winner on the permanent road course…
This November, 2005 Flashback with NASCAR Legend Tony Stewart was a lot of fun with a driver who’s become a longtime Friend of the Freaks. This was before Stewart put his name on a NASCAR team. In fact, The Freaks talked with Tony as he was just getting started in the ownership world when he…
This 2006 Flashback with Kenny & Brandon Bernstein. The six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein has two in Top Fuel and four consecutive in Funny Car. Bernstein holds the unique distinction of being the first and only race team owner to have collected wins in each of America’s three major motorsports series: NHRA, NASCAR and CART.…
This 2018 Flashback with Fernando Alonso was right before the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Spanish racing driver currently competes for Aston Martin in Formula One. He won the series’ World Drivers’ Championship in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, Minardi and Alpine. At Daytona, though, he was talking…
This 2005 Flashback with Bobby & Graham Rahal was right before the Sebring 12 Hour. Graham was just a teenager trying to decide what his racing future would be. Now he’s driving for his father’s IndyCar team and has a motorcycle racing program of his own. It was fun to remember a teen driver who…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. When I turned on the computer today Bing showed me this: an image of Dacca, the capitol city of Bangladesh. Its ten-plus million people make it the ninth most populated city in the world. And this might tell you more about The Statt…
MotoAmerica Brainerd Double Winner Bobby Fong came into The Freak Nation after a great weekend on the track. Fong won both Super Bike races at Brainerd this weekend. the races leave him on top of the season points standings ahead of some major headlines in the Super Bike series. Fong is a great conversation from…
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