This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… It’s early in the Formula One season. Sunday’s event in Shanghai was only the third this year. The fourth is next week in Bahrain. 2014 champion Lewis Hamilton leads the points after wins in Australia and today in China. Four-time champion Sebastian…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… If you’re listening to SpeedFreaks you’re probably aware of the Jeremy Clarkson/Top Gear story. Clarkson’s an older guy who let his arrogance get the best of him leading to some bad decisions. He was sacked and the world’s most popular television show,…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… We’re about to lose ourselves in March Madness and Fantasy Pools. That’s where NHRA Top Fuel driver J.R. Todd was last year, in front of the TV in his Indianapolis home when “I get a call and it’s Conrad (Kalitta). He asked…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… This year’s Dakar Rally seemed lackluster. I watched several of the television shows but saw little drama in the categories that interested me. Nasser Al-Attiyah won handily. He led most of the event and was unchallenged in his Mini. American Robby Gordon…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… Did you follow the Tudor United SportsCar Championship test this week in Daytona? I loved the success of the DeltaWing, a radical departure from the sports car norm. The DeltaWing Coupe ran near the front in four of the six test sessions…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… A belated Happy Holidays to all of you. Without you none of this would be possible. Which brings me to the official opening of the motor racing year, Supercross Anaheim 1, the first racing competition of the year in the United States.…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… This weekend I finally took the time to listen to Erica Enders-Stevens and her speech at the NHRA Awards Ceremony a month ago. Erica has been a Friend of the Freaks nearly since we went on the air. But she’s a woman…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… Some humor just past noon Sunday outside Willows, California. That’s when the 25 Hours of Thunderhill came to an end with the Davidson Racing Norma taking the Checkered Flag into Victory Lane. And listen to this driver lineup including Brian Frisselle, Randy…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… It dawned on me this weekend that a problem with marketing certain motorsports is the wonder of it all. It’s just gone today. I remember where I was when I heard the results of the first Baja 1000 down the peninsula to…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… There was some brilliant driving this week at the Red Bull Global Rallycross finale in Las Vegas. The move of the season came two laps into the last Main event. Finnish driver Joni Wiman was fourth and had to get to second…
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