2020 Chili Bowl Winner Kyle Larson on winning the world’s biggest Midget race and getting no sleep when it was done. Larson has wanted this win for 13 years but Saturday night was the culmination of that long chase. Kyle has had enormous success in NASCAR Cup racing but wait’ll oyu hear how he feels…
Supercross rider Justin Hill is back in the Freak Nation talking about his music and a recording session in the Seattle area. Hill is one of the top Supercross riders in the world but he spends a few minutes talking with The Freaks about London Bridge Studios and Pearl Jam’s Pearl Jam 10. Talk about…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Many in racing drool over the possibility of manufacturer money in the sport. But manufacturer’s deep, deep pockets bring deep, deep danger. I say constantly that car makers’ first priority is selling cars and not winning races. They’re all in when racing meets…
NBC Motorsports Analyst Robin Miller hasn’t been in The Freak Nation in a while. He’s been missed during that time. Miller brought insight and headlines with him Sunday night including a popular driver who might end up in the broadcast booth instead of a racing cockpit this season. He also dropped a couple names who…
2019 USAC Midget Champion Tyler Courtney came into the Freak Nation Sunday with his own brand of headlines and good racing news. Courtney will be in Tulsa this week for the 2020 edition of the legendary Chili Bowl Nationals. It’ll be the warmup to his season defending his Midget Racing title, an effort that might…
Television Host Chris Jacobs of Overhaulin’ and Motor Trend TV fame returned to the Freak Nation Sunday night. He once sat in with The Freaks so, you might say once a Freak always a Freak. Jacobs will be hosting part of the Barrett Jackson Auction shows in Scottsdale this week. He’ll be reporting on dream…
ARCA Driver Drew Dollar came into The Freak Nation Sunday night as he revs up for his first season with the powerful Venturini Motorsports team in the ARCA series. He’ll be on General Tires this season as he learns to run on dirt, short tracks, restrictor plate super speedways and high banked ovals all over…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The death of former NBA Commissioner David Stern brought back memories during our break. In the mid-80s I was doing a daily TV show called The Business of Sports. Stern and I talked during a five-part interview and later about an economic forecasting…
Jimmy Johnson this year announced that 2020 will be his last after which he plans on racing into retirement with seven NASCAR Cup titles in his quiver. Five of those titles came consecutively from 2006-2010. He is tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for titles and no one has won more. Johnson is a…
The Freaks always have a good time when Bobby Unser visits The Freak Nation. Unser won the Indy 500 three times in 1965, ’75 and ’81. Those are just three of the 35 wins he had in IndyCars. Bobby is a legend and The Freaks are always happy to have him and his stories. This…
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