This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The 50th annual Baja 1000 was run this week with the headline story being a driver listed as DNF even though he drove the last 325 miles to the finish line in La Paz. I’m talking about Robby Gordon’s 9-year-old son Max Gordon. …
2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion & Pomona Top Fuel Winner Brittany Force took time from celebrating to come into The Freak Nation Sunday night. She was still in a bit of a shock at the title but was more than willing to accept the praise for all the hard work she did with an excellent…
NASCAR Phoenix2 Winner Matt Kenseth was minutes out of the car when he came into The Freak Nation to talk about his win in what could become his last race at Phoenix Raceway. Kenseth has said this could be his last season in the NASCAR Cup Series as he looks at 2018 without a competitive…
NASCAR Team Owner Joe Gibbs was full of pride in Victory Circle after his car driven by Matt Kenseth won the Phoenix Fall Race Sunday afternoon. Gibbs is owner of Joe Gibbs Racing as well as being an inductee into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio after his success as coach of the…
2012 NASCAR Cup Champion Brad Keselowski was the last man into the NASCAR Playoff Final Four next week at Homestead. Keselowski has engine problems in the last few laps of the race and nursed his car home to the fourth and final spot. Keselowski now has a chance to win his second championship to match…
Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Program Manager Alba Colon is one of the most powerful executives in the NASCAR garage. The fact that she’s a Puerto Rican woman with backgrounds in many forms of racing including the NHRA is only coincidental. Colon’s experience making cars go fast go all the was back to her childhood when she…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Congratulations to all four NASCAR Cup Series drivers who qualified for the championship run next Sunday at Homestead. But looking at the potential 2017 champions you might get an idea of why new fans aren’t drinking the NASCAR Kool-Aid these days. Kevin Harvick…
NHRA Funny Car Points Leader Robert Hight was a little under the weather Sunday night. But he says a cold won’t stop him from battling for the 2017 NHRA Funny Car title next weekend at the World Finals in Pomona. His chief rival is the 2016 champion and friend Ron Capps. Less than a round…
Phoenix Raceway President Bryan Sperber Sunday night told The Freak Nation about the difference between the driver personalities in the spring when a championship isn’t at stake and next weekend’s race when a title is on the table. Sperber also talked about the insanity of a third race at Phoenix Raceway maybe sometime in the…
Lucas Oil Drag Boat Top Alcohol Hydro Champions Rick Allen and Mike DeClark are great guests even though their championship story is intertwined in each other’s season. Mike DeClark and his boat crashed mid-season and Rick Allen came in as “the closer” to get DeClark the title. It’s a story that was fun to unwind.…
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