For 24 years now The Freaks have looked back on the motorsports year and picked out drivers, races, stories and, even, Freakish things that have happened in racing. This year, 2024, is no different. Kenny Sargent, Crash Gladys, Statt Mann and Richie Flores look back on the racing year and pick out the Freak things…
NHRA Drag Racing Champions Ron Capps and Gary Scelzi Share Memories with The Statt Mann and The Freaks. Ron Capps won the NHRA Funny Car championship in 2016, 2021 and 2022, the last coming in his first year as a team owner. Scelzi went on to win three Top Fuel championships. Scelzi unseated the John…
2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. Then he talked with The Freak Nation a couple days later after he’d had time to think about the historic title. Brown is now ahead of NHRA legends Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Larry Dixon, Gary Scekzi and, even, his teammate Angelle Sampey…
2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. This title moves him ahead of legendary Top Fuel Champions Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney who won three each. One of the key people who was there for each of Antron’s titles in 2012, 2015, 2016 and, now, 2024 has been former…
2024 NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson returned to The Freak Nation minutes after his sixth championship tying him with his former boss Warren Johnson and current driver Erica Enders. Anderson won three straight titles from 2003 to 2005 then returned with championships in 2010 and 2021. Now 2024 is on his resume. Anderson stepped…
NASCAR President Steve Phelps & Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donnell annually talk with the media before the last race of the season. This year the State of NASCAR news conference was in Phoenix. Three particular issues of importance were television ratings, officiating during races and expanding the number of automakers who may be negotiating to…
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano talked with media for a long time after winning the title at Phoenix Raceway Sunday evening. Logano was candid in his conversation including his comments about the playoffs. Many on social media was dismissive of Logano after statistics showed his average finishes on the season were 17.1. Logano…
NASCAR Team Owner & Racing Legend Roger Penske talked with the media after his driver Joey Logano won the Cup championship. Second on the 2024 season was another Penske Racing driver Ryan Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion. The title this year is Penske’s third straight championship, a level of success he didn’t enjoy when he…
2024 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was overjoyed Saturday night after winning the 2024 Xfinity title as a team owner. His driver Justin Allgaier drove an aggressive race to get the title, Earnhardt’s fourth after winning Chase Elliott in 2014, William Byron in 2017 and Tyler Reddick in 2019. Oddly enough Byron and…
2017 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex, Jr. says this will be his last full-time season racing in the Cup Series. Truex won the pole for Sunday race at Phoenix Raceway. He talked with media about that success and what his thought were as he prepared for his last full-time race. He did leave the…
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