NHRA Funny Car Driver Alexis DeJoria is coming off her strongest season to date. Alexis started in the 11,000 horsepower Nitro Funny Cars in 2011 and has five wins now. But she was out of the car for a year putting together her own team for a return in 2019. The COVID restrictions in 2020…
Second-generation Pro Stock driver Kyle Koretsky was a standout in the run for the 2020 , who was one of several standout candidates for the 2020 NHRA rookie of the year award. That’s where Lucas Oil Products stepped into the program for 2021. The son of former Pro Stock and Top Fuel driver, Kenny Koretsky,…
Last year The Freaks spent more than an hour with maybe the greatest drag racer ever, 16-time Funny Car champion John Force. Force has been a Friend of the Freaks for every one of our 20 years. So this visit was like Old Home Week for all of us. A conversation with John is fun…
Four-Time NHRA World Champion Don “The Snake” Prudhomme returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night to give The Freaks a peak into his new book “Don Prudhomme, My Life Beyond The 1320.” Prudhomme said telling the stories forced him to reveal parts of his life no one has ever seen. One of the greatest drag…
2020 NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Doug Gordon visited The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about his championship captured in the midst of a pandemic that shut down 2020 motor racing for months. The Lucas Oil driver Gordon lives in one of America’s garden spots in the California Central Coast Wine Region. Still…
2020 NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Megan Meyer is making a couple strange steps in this strange year. She got married in the middle of a championship fight during a pandemic. And the Lucas Oil sponsored driver doesn’t plan on chasing another championship when the season gets underway next year. Her plan is to make…
2020 NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagan is a longtime Friend of the Freaks that’s why it was fun to talk with him after his third championship. Hagan is a Virginia farmer who’s grown his business relationships thorugh his racing success. We catch him while he’s getting his truck repaired after some problem with mules.…
2020 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Matt Smith won his title with a far smaller budget than the big pro stock bike teams. The Lucas Oil sponsored rider, in fact, has such a small team he had to drive his bikes back to North Carolina with his wife Angie Smith, a fellow competitor. That’ll be…
NHRA Texas Motorplex Pro Stock Winner Matt Hartford returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. His big win came last weekend and included some controversial starting line tactics with two-time champion Erica Enders. Hartford was a Sport Compact champion but is just getting up to speed in the NHRA Camping World Series. He talked about…
16-Time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force is one of the original Friend of the Freaks. He’s supported us from nearly the beginning 20 years ago. This 13 or so minutes is from an hour long conversation with John that’s posted on our You Tube channel. The Force program is taking the 2020 season off…
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