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Water Powered Race Cars?

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For years I’ve argued that motor racing began suffering when factory budgets strayed from research and development to marketing. Engineers weren’t trying to learn things for your driveway. Instead, pencil pushers were trying to learn things to put in your kitchen or closet.…

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Robert Hight on Bones, Retooling & Playoffs

NHRA Dallas Funny Car Winner Robert Hight returned to The Freak Nation Sunday where he’s a welcome guest. Hight, though, was ready to tell the Freaks how he modified an apparatus to give him protection and relief so he could win with a broken collarbone. It was mending from surgery but Hight’s doctors gave him…

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Hailie Deegan on Setting Records while Winning

NASCAR K&N West Idaho Winner Hailie Deegan was in The Freak Nation this week after becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR K&N race since 1964. Deegan’s win wasn’t luck though. She passed the race leader going into the last lap. She said he was tired of finishing second. Deegan’s Dad Brian Deegan is…

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