Racing Legend Anthony Joseph Foyt is always welcome in The Freak Nation. Sunday night’s visit was the fun we expected. Most of the conversation was about the Indy 500 where Foyt has won four times. In fact, he’s the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the…
The Freaks Sunday night took us on a 2013 Freakin’ Flashback with Tony Kanaan. The interview was done on Media Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway just days before Kanaan won the biggest race of his life, the Indy 500. And, as often happens with Kanaan and The Freaks, the conversation had little to do with…
IndyCar President Jay Frye Sunday night told The Freak Nation a lot of behind the scenes information about the upcoming IndyCar season and seasons to come. Will races start earlier in the year to capture audiences? Could there be a race the second week in January? Are new teams signing up for IndyCar racing? Is…
2005 & 2011 Indy 500 Champion Dan Wheldon, the 2005 IndyCar Champion, was a true Friend of The Freaks. When he came into The Freak Nation the conversation was just as likely to be about his passion for shoes instead of his victory on the racetrack. We remember Wheldon, however, because his death in Las…
IndyCar Driver Gabby Chaves won the 2014 Indy Lights championship and was voted the 2015 IndyCar Rookie of the Year. But with the start of the World Cup soccer tournament, Chaves has his mind on things other than Indy. The young Colombian star driver says he hasn’t missed a game in the World Cup and…
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…
2018 IndyCar Grand Prix Winner Will Power is becoming comfortable at the front of the Grand Prix field. Saturday’s win was his third in the five year history of the event. But Power is very anxious to win the next event at the Speedway, the Indy 500. He’s never won there even though he’s been…
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