NHRA Funny Car winner from the Texas Motorplex Cruz Pedregon is a long-time Friend of The Freaks. We know Cruz as not only a champion Funny Car driver but one who loves open-wheel racing. Pedregon even drives USAC Midgets and Sprint Cars when he gets time. That’s why we started the conversation about Formula One…
NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis Dejoria is a long-time Friend of the Freaks who’s proving to be a force in Funny Car racing even though she’s yet to win a race. But, given that, Dejoria is asking for fan support to get into a special Funny Car shootout next weekend at the U.S. Nationals. In…
NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force is in the news for a far different reason this week. She’s part of the ESPN The Magazine Body Issue. Courtney is posing tastefully nude in the Mojave Desert with drag racing paraphrenalia like drag slicks and a parachute. Force told The Freaks how she liked the idea of…
15-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force got a special win Sunday at Bristol. First it was his first win in 31 events. And, second, it came on Father’s Day. There was one round win against his daughter Courtney. It was a memorable Father’s Day for one of The Freaks Favorite Friends. John Force is…
NHRA Englishtown Funny Car winner Matt Hagan is a regular visitor to The Freak Nation. we usually talk about his farming duties in Virginia. But Sunday night we went different places including the “cheap” Rolex watch he wears and the Rap music he listens to. Who would have thought a drag racing farmer who has…
NHRA Funny Car Las Vegas winner Cruz Pedregon delayed his celebration dinner to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. And since Pedregon had to beat John Force’s daughter Courtney to get the win we talked about John instead of the problems Cruz had to overcome to even make the run against Courtney. We also talked…
NHRA Pomona Funny Car winner Courtney Force didn’t get her first win at the Winternationals Sunday evening. But the win was special because it was in front of family and friends who may not have had the chance to see her first victory last year outside Seattle. Courtney leads the Funny Car points heading to…
You could call NHRA Funny Car star Ron Capps one of the most diverse in all of drag racing. In addition to competing for several Funny Car titles to the last rounds of the season, Capps has competed for wins on circle tracks paved and unpaved. Capps is a driver and he shares some of…
Car and bike builder Jesse James can wear so many hats and he tried on a number of them Thursday with The Freaks at the Winternationals in Pomona. We’ve known James for more than ten years and had fun with him every time we got together. But Thursday was different. James was raw and unplugged,…
2012 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Champion Jack Beckman is one of the quickest around, on and off the track. It’s why we like to have him in The Freak Nation. His quick wit means there’s always fun. And Thursday at the Winternationals in Pomona were no different. Beckman was ready with stories about his…
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