1969 Indy 500 Winner Mario Andretti is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR. Dan Gurney was the other. Mario, however, did more than win in all those categories. He won the World Driver’s Championship in 1978. He was inducted into the International Motorsports…
Colton Herta won three times in his 2019 rookie season. Those wins came at COTA and twice at Laguna Seca. He’s part of the future in IndyCar as a driver and a personality. We got a peak into both this year after Colton came into The Freak Nation after one of those wins. Colton has…
2018 NASCAR Cup Champion Joey Logano was in Thge Freak Nation Sunday for far more than talking about t he just completed NASCAR season. He was promoting a Hot Wheels feat that established a new world record for the longest Hot Wheels track on Thursday at his Huntersville, North Carolina, race shop. It was more…
Actor/Comedian Adam Carolla was in The Freak Nation Sunday night but this visit was about another talent, film direction. On the heels of the well received Ford vs. Ferrari feature film, Carolla introduces us to “Shelby American: The Carroll Shelby Story.” Carolla said his new movie grew out of the work with Shelby on another…
Judas Priest Frontman Rob Halford made another trip to The Freak Nation Sunday night. This visit was to introduce The Freaks to Celestial, a collection of Heavy Metal Christmas carols. We know that sounds oxymoronic but the collection is actually pretty nice to listen to. Halford is excited about the finished work as well as…
2019 NHRA Funny Car Champion Robert Hight came into The Freak Nation after winning his third Funny Car title. Hight is a longtime Friend of the Freaks but his final round Sunday afternoon in Pomona was something few have seen before in a title winning round. Hight explained how it all unfolded. Listen…
Legendary Foreigner Front Man Lou Gramm returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. The wildly popular band is about to hit the road again after releasing a new CD and DVD Friday. “Foreigner – Double Vision: Then and Now” takes us behind the scenes as original Foreigner band members, including Gramm, joined Mick Jones and…
Sunday night we took a six year Freakin’ Flashback with 16-Time Funny Car Champion John Force. Of course, any visit with Force is legendous and this was no different. Force is one of drag racing’s largest names and he shows how he got that designation in this conversation from 2013 right after he won his…
NHRA Funny Car Title Challenger Jack Beckman is just 46 points out of first place going into the season’s final event, The World Finals in Pomona. Beckman is in line for his second championship after winning in 2012. Beckman is always a fun conversation and Sunday night was no different. Listen…
ISM Raceway President Julie Giese came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after a big weekend of semi final NASCAR racing. The finalists for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Finals in Homestead were decided at ISM Raceway in Phoenix. Giese talked about the event at the remodeled racetrack and getting ready for the NASCAR Finals due…
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