NBC Sports and Racer IndyCar Insider Robin Miller returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He knows more of what’s going on inside the IndyCar garages than nearly anyone. For example he brought some background on another network that might be interested in bidding for IndyCar races, how IndyCar might be impacted by the Penske…
IndyCar Indy2 Race Winner Will Power is another Friend of the Freaks. His visit Sunday night was a week after his win in the second of two IndyCar races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend. The 2014 IndyCar champion is always pretty relaxed when he comes into The Freak Nation and this was no…
NBC Motorsports Analyst Robin Miller hasn’t been in The Freak Nation in a while. He’s been missed during that time. Miller brought insight and headlines with him Sunday night including a popular driver who might end up in the broadcast booth instead of a racing cockpit this season. He also dropped a couple names who…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. So Roger Penske bought everything IndyCar. The announcement came this week proving it is possible to keep a secret in modern media. But we’re told the actual deal doesn’t become official until January. The largest headline, though, might be what wasn’t announced: the…
2018 Indy 500 Winner Will Power won the 2014 IndyCar Series championship. But this year’s win at Indy was another box checked on Power’s Bucket List. He wanted that win as much as any and he’s tied with Scott Dixon for most road and street course wins in IndyCar Series history. Will’s a friend and…
2013 Indy 500 Winner & 2004 IndyCar Series Champion Tony Kanaan is a longtime Friend of The Freaks. So when we get a chance to talk with him about his legendary car owner A.J. Foyt we expect some candid fun. And Tony didn’t let us down in Indianapolis. What about running with AJ? What about…
2007, 2009-2011 IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti has been a Friend of The Freaks almost as long as we’ve been in The Freak Nation. Dario has three Indy 500 wins – 2007, 2010 & 2012 – to go along with those championships so Dario is used to doing Freakish things. That includes paying us a…
2018 Indy 500 Pole Sitter Ed Carpenter was pleased to be the Indy 500 top qualifier but Sunday night he was looking more toward becoming the top finisher and getting the win. Carpenter has take three of the last four Top Qualifier awards but the races have all ended in disappointment. He wants to change…
Mark Miles is the President and Chief Executive Officer Hulman & Company, which owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar. So when The Freaks get a chance to talk with him we learn a lot especially about IndyCar’s new TV contract with NBC. That was announced this week so the news is fresh. We learned…
100th Indianapolis 500 Pole Sitter James Hinchcliffe is a longtime Friend of The Freaks. The Toronto native led a rush to the Indy 500 pole Sunday taking a renewed and faster Honda engine with him. The performance was also a huge plus for the Schmidt Petersen Motorsports team with heavy backing from Lucas OIl. Schmidt…
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