ARCA Pocono Winner Ty Majeski is making a name for himself in the series very quickly. His 2019 ride is part-time. But of the first three races, he won two in a row. And, luckily for him, those wins came when the lader series was running with the major Cup team owners watching. Majeski recognizes…
Trans Am Lime Rock Winner Chris Dyson is another Friend of the Freaks. His win last Monday at Lime Rock came after he was hospitalized for injuries received in a dirt track race the Thursday night before that. Dyson’s career resume includes the 2011 ALMS championship in very high end sports cars. But he’s transitioning…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I was part of the world media banging the drum when Estonian rally driver Ott Tanak out dueled Sebastian Loeb and Sebastian Ogier to win the World Rally Championship round in Chile two weeks ago. Loeb and Ogier represent the last 15 world…
2019 Indy 500 Winner Simon Pagenaud scored a dramatic victory over Alexander Rossi Sunday. His visit with The Freaks was quick but memorable. It was Pagenaud’s third straight week with The Freaks after winning the Indianapolis Grand Prix followed by the Indy 500 Pole and, finally, the race to own the month of May at…
1969 Indy 500 Winner Mario Andretti was celebrated all month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 50th anniversary of his only win at Indy. But the 79 year old racing legend remains heavily involved in IndyCar racing from being an IndyCar Ambassador to driving the demonstration car giving VIPs the thrill of their…
NBC Racing Analyst Dale Earnhardt is a strange sentence to write. Dale Junior had an excellent racing career winning championships and races in NASCAR before his retirement. But his broadcast career could surpass even his sometimes brilliance on a racetrack. His contribution to NBC’s Indy 500 broadcast Sunday was just an example of what’s might…
NBC Race Broadcaster Leigh Diffey is a fun conversation in The Freak Nation. Sunday night was no difference. After more than a half century of ABC broadcasting the Indy 500, NBC sports did this year’s race and Diffey was in the center of a great race and broadcast. Diffey is fun… Listen…
2019 Indy 500 Broadcast Host Mike Tirico might be the best sports broadcaster in the industry. He’s done championship games, Olympic Games and legendary games. Sunday he hosted the NBC Indy 500 broadcast with Dale Earnhardt and Danica Patrick. That was after he took a two-seater ride with Mario Andretti. Tirico did all of it…
2019 Indy 500 Pole Sitter Simon Pagenaud was the headline from a dramatic day 2 of qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pagenaud had to survive the Fast Nine qualifying for next weekend’s Indy 500. He came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk ab out how he won the Pole, the voices he…
NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis is launching a new performance energy drink called Defy. He is bringing the drink into the world of motorsports sponsoring the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team along with Lucas Oil. They’ll be on the car next weekend at the Indy 500. The twist on this story is an active…
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