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Maybe It Was All A Dream!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… In 1986, at the end of a highly dramatic season on the nighttime soap opera Dallas, Bobby Ewing was seen in a shower revealing to the audience the entire season was a dream. Well, Formula One fans, welcome to what can happen when…

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This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… In my old age I’ve settled on becoming a fan of drivers forgetting my life long professional commitment to objectivity. I’ve been a long-time fan of Chris Dyson, the 2021 Trans Am champion, a title won after a dominating year of seven wins…

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Patrick’s Long Career with Porsche

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Lost in the championship dramas at Petit LeMans last night is the retirement of Patrick Long, one of the most successful sports car drivers in American history. I say that with some prejudice. Pat’s a friend. He’s North America’s only Porsche factory driver.…

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Money, Money, Money

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Last week’s Scatt equating Social Media and Michael Andretti’s failure to buy his way into F1 brought some details out of the info swamp. An early rip said the bank that’s financing Sauber and Alfa Romeo Racing was thrown on the table at…

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Steph Drifting into the Future

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… I once loved Formula Drift. Loved the competition, drivers, atmosphere and all. The Freaks have a special friend who runs one of the most successful teams in the sport: Steph Papadakis. Last night at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California – known as the…

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World Sports Cars at Indy

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… I spent a few hours in Indy this week watching the SRO World Challenge teams get ready for Sunday’s eight hour race at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. Watching sports cars with largely equal driving talent on the Indy road course was notable. Some…

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Rare History. Rare Arrogance.

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Thankfully Darrell Wallace busted his victory cherry last weekend at Talladega. He’s the first black driver to win a Cup race in 57 years. You know the details if you care. From what I’ve seen, though, there’s one thing that few are talking…

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Saturday Night Live at Bristol

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… It could have been Saturday Night Live comedy watching the confrontation between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott after the Bristol race Saturday night. Forget the on-track shenanigans. Harvick can have Verstappan Disease sometimes. He has great racing skills but he thinks everyone should…

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Bull in an F1 Shop

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen has always been fast since he started six years ago in Austria at 17. The undisciplined speed eventually was harnessed and now he’s a favorite to block Lewis Hamilton’s charge to a record eighth World Championship. But…