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Tony Kanaan on Language, Condoms, Speedos & Dates

The Freaks Sunday night took us on a 2013 Freakin’ Flashback with Tony Kanaan.  The interview was done on Media Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway just days before Kanaan won the biggest race of his life, the Indy 500. And, as often happens with Kanaan and The Freaks, the conversation had little to do with…

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Mountains in Racing

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I saw a great 60 Minutes Sports piece this week. It was a feature on the Jackson Wink MMA gym in Albuquerque. The gym has trained champions including Holly Holmes who helped send Rhonda Rousey into wrestling with an upset win in 2015.…

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Electrifying World Rallycross

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The people who run World Rallycross, IMG, are bending to pressure from global car makers. They’re demanding a showcase electric and hybrid machinery, the kinds of vehicles manufacturers want to sell in showrooms. This week IMG announced Projekt E, an initiative for electric…

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