This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Motor racing is forcing itself back into the sports headlines even with the coronavirus pandemic still raging. Despite all the world’s problems it is great to see competition again. And even better to see Friend of the Freaks Scott Dixon dominating in IndyCar.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Outrage rushed around the world last Sunday when news broke that a noose was found in the garage of NASCAR driver Darrell Wallace, the sport’s only black driver. An FBI investigation, however, found that the noose-like knot was in the garage a year…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’ve always wondered by Mercedes doesn’t do more marketing with Lewis Hamilton here in the United States. The six-time World Champion driver is one of the most recognized black men in the world and he races a Mercedes Benz Formula One car more…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. You’re well aware I’m not the biggest NASCAR fan in The Freak Nation. But what the teams are doing in the season’s reboot is something that should be applauded. The race Sunday at Homestead was the eighth in the last four weeks. Each…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Hopefully the events of the past two weeks have forced you to think. If not, your head’s in the sand and the wrong end of your anatomy is exposed. After the IndyCar race Saturday night the Dale Jr. Download program included a very…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. “The Last Dance” docu-series has fueled the argument: Who’s Greatest, Michael or LeBron? The numbers solve nothing. We can argue championships, scoring, rebounds, assists and, still, nothing is definitive. Well, there’s a similar argument going on in the World Rally Championship. But in…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s so sad to read reports of the NASCAR plans to resume racing May 17th at Darlington. There was some thought that the races would run pitstop free. But, apparently, not only will there pitstops but the races could be run at full…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. As we learn sim racing along comes Extreme E. It’s a series run with electric SUVs in remote parts of the world where the environment is challenged. Andretti Autosport this week announced plans to compete in the global odyssey. Andretti is the sixth…
This is the Statt Mann baby. Let’s Scatt a little bit. I tried for several days to get around the concept of a NASCAR driver using the N-word in sportive communication with his contemporaries. Instead I just grew angrier. How could a Japanese American male, who was helped to the highest levels of his chosen…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Those of you waiting for things to return to normal better take two aspirin and sleep that off. The normal we knew is gone. Except maybe in NASCAR. Despite fan response to the new, shorter and more competitive iRacing invitationals we may see…
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