ARCA Daytona Race Winner Gus Dean was still excited after midnight Saturday when he talked with Kenny Sargent after his win at Daytona. The race was delayed weather, didn’t start until after 10 pm Friday night, and was delayed by accidents before ending Saturday morning. Dean was eager to talk about his dreams of winning…
ARCA Daytona Winner Corey Heim got his first win of the ARCA season Saturday at Daytona riding on General Tires. Heim is part of the dominating ARCA team at Venturini Motorsports. But wait ’til you hear what’s bumping around in his head as he turns for home and the big win this weekend. Heim is…
Lucas Oil ARCA Daytona Winner Michael Self hasn’t been in The Freak Nation before Sunday night. It was good to hear from him after his win Saturday night. The win wasn’t easy by any stretch. Race stoppages and restarts in the last ten laps of the race made it anyone’s to win. Self put his…
2016 Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire at Daytona Winner John Wes Townley made his debut appearance in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He seemed to enjoy it, especially when he talked about his busy racing season that includes full-time rides in ARCA and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He also enjoyed talking…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… Did you follow the Tudor United SportsCar Championship test this week in Daytona? I loved the success of the DeltaWing, a radical departure from the sports car norm. The DeltaWing Coupe ran near the front in four of the six test sessions…
Sports car driver Memo Gidley nearly died in a horrific accident at the Daytona 24 Hour last January. He’s undergone surgery after surgery to repair previous surgeries but he’s mending and on his way back. Sunday night he told The Freaks he’s eager to get back in a car and race again. Hard to imagine.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. The saddest part of Saturday’s Nationwide accident at Daytona is NASCAR’s belief that it wasn’t inevitable. It’s easy to say after the fact that we’ll study everything to make sure our fans are safe. But after Geoff Bodine’s truck crash at Daytona…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti was a teammate with 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray at the Rolex 24 last weekend. Franchitti and McMurray are also teammates at the Chip Ganassi Racing stables. So, in the midst of all this, Dario and Jamie have a friendship outside the race car cockpit. They demonstrated that…
Major League Baseball pitcher C.J. Wilson has always found racing to be a passion. He fulfills that passion owning a development team for Mazda. That’s the hat he was wearing before the Rolex 24 when The Freaks sat down with Wilson for a no-holds barred investigative interview in which C.J. shed light on several issues…
Five-time Rolex 24 winner Scott Pruett is maybe the best sports car driver in U.S. history. He backed that up this weekend with his record tying fifth overall win at the 24 Hour Classic at Daytona International Speedway. Pruett spend more than ten hours behind the wheel to get the win but when he wasn’t…
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