Americas Rallycross 2 Driver Gray Leadbetter is only 14 but she’s learning a lot ab out motor racing and driving from her mentor and coach Buddy Rice. In fact, Gray called Rice a second father, she spends so much time with him learning how to compete on a track. It’s helping, though. Leadbetter is learning…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Part of the SpeedFreaks history includes Formula Drift. In fact all three of us happened to be at the back of an SUV when Formula D co-founder James Liaw explained to us how he was going to start a series like none other…
NASCAR Charlotte Roval Winner Chase Elliott came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his important win. Elliott lost control of his car midway through the race, slammed into a barrier and had to drive his way through the field and back to the front to get the win. Elliott is part of the next…
Americas Rallycross Texas Winner Tanner Foust interrupted dinner Sunday night to talk with The Freaks. It’d been a while since Foust was in The Freak Nation and we had a lot to catch up on including his potential Americas Rallycross Championship decider next weekend at Mid-Ohio. He’s the points leader and favorite to win the…
Music legend George Thorogood was in The Freak Nation way back in 2003 so we decided to bring his appearance back to life in this Freakin’ Flashback. Thorogood’s memories are rich especially when he talks about his wife and daughter and his iconic rock music. George even took a couple calls from The Freak Nation.…
NASCAR Driver Michael McDowell was in the Freak Nation this week after passing out surprise tickets to the ISM Raceway race at the end of the current season. McDowell is a longtime Friend of the Freaks and, even, talked with The Freaks on his wedding night! Yes, he answered the phone. Go figure! Listen…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Every driver wants to win. It’s the way they’re wired. But team drivers have priorities. The first is beating their teammates. Ferrari had trouble with all of it today in Russia. Apparently the team had a plan for pole sitter Charles LeClerc to…
2019 IndyCar Champion Josef Newgarden was in The Freak Nation right after he earned the title in the season’s final race at WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca where he finished eighth overall. Colton Herta won the race but Newgarden won his second title in the last three years. He’s always a favorite in The Freak…
2018 IMSA Champion Felipe Nasr has a chance to win his second straight title next weekend in the IMSA finale at Road Atlanta. The ten-hour Petit LeMans race is a tough way to decide a championship but that’s the appeal of sports car racing where the events could be 100 minutes or 24 hours. The…
Our Freakin Flashback this week goes back 15 years to 2004 and a conversation with drag racing legend Don The Snake Prudhomme. Snake visited The Freak Nation on a Sunday night when we were using the radio show as the core of our weekly television broadcast on the Speed Channel network. Snake was pretty comfortable…
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