This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s easy to miss Toyota’s domination in NHRA drag racing. You don’t see Camrys or Corollas in any of the classes after all. But Toyota sponsored drivers and teams won ten races this year. J.R. Todd won three of the last five races…
NHRA Mello Yello Chicago Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown interrupted his trip home Sunday night to call The Freak Nation and talk about his Chicago victory. It put him into the points lead halfway through the NHRA season. What surprised us, though, was the long string of success Antron’s had in the Top Fuel ranks.…
One of The Freaks favorite guests is 16-time Funny Car champion John Force. Nearly from the beginning, John has lent his support to The Freaks and this conversation was no different. You can’t ask for anything better than an off-the-cuff conversation with Force. It might go anywhere! And this is an example of just that.…
NHRA Mello Yello Englishtown Pro Stock winner Greg Anderson came into The Freak Nation Sunday night hours before he was due in a doctor’s office for his annual cardiologist checkup. Sunday night he had to explain how his Pro Stock team is dominating the sport this year. He’s won five of the ten events. His…
NHRA Top Fuel Reading Winner Antron Brown is undefeated in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship “playoffs.” He’s the first ever to win the first three events of the Countdown. That’s 12 straight rounds of racing. He turned up to win this weekend with a pink driving suit and dragster to raise breast cancer awareness…
NHRA Mello Yello St. Louis Funny Car Winner Del Worsham has been a Friend of The Freaks for nearly the entire life of the broadcast. So when he wins it’s special for Del AND The Freaks. Worsham leads the Funny Car points in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship. But, as you’re about to hear,…
NHRA Mello Yello Charlotte Pro Stock Winner Erica Enders-Stevens came into The Freak Nation Sunday night before she collapsed after her big win. It opened the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, a playoff series she won last year to become history’s first woman to win a Pro Stock title. Erica is a Friend of the…
NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force was at Sonoma where her fiance Graham Rahal had a distant chance at the IndyCar title. Now, though, Courtney’s attention turns to the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis next weekend. She talked about getting ready for the Super Bowl of drag racing and how she’ll get ready for the big…
NHRA Mello Yello Sonoma Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown was celebrating Sunday night when he came into The Freak Nation. His win came after a strong, record-setting weekend at Sonoma Raceway. Brown is second in points behind teammate Tony Schumacher but he had some insight into the difficult task of getting around Schumacher and several…
NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel winner in Denver was Steve Torrence Sunday afternoon. He interrupted his celebration to call The Freak Nation Sunday night. Denver is the start of the NHRA’s Western Swing in Denver, Seattle and Sonoma. Torrence explained the win and how he plans to spend his downtime in the Western Swing with…
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