NHRA Top Fuel driver Brittany Force was second at Phoenix Sunday. She came into The Freak Nation before the event to talk about her experiences in reality television and the ESPN The Magazine Body issue. She also talked about her legendary father and how he impacts her budding Top Fuel career. Force is one of…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’ll never understand the Autograph World. Years ago I worked with pro basketball legend Bill Russell, notorious for not signing autographs. And there was one afternoon when a youngster approached in downtown Los Angeles and asked for his signature. Bill took several moments…
Seven-Time & 2016 NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson came into The Freak Nation this week to share some thoughts on the new NASCAR format that’ll debut next week during the season-opening Daytona 500. Johnson calls it the new NASCAR ecosystem. It includes new race formats, new points formats and new formats for driver safety and concussion…
ARCA Daytona Lucas Oil 200 Winner Austin Theriault won in a rain-shortened ARCA opener. Theriault, though, was in charge of the race and going away when the race was red-flagged for a crash and the rains came bringing out a black flag and the end of the event. Theriault drives for former NASCAR regular Kenny…
Evel Knievel’s son Kelly Knievel came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to tell us that two valuable pieces of the Knievel memorabilia vault are being released on the world. A set of leathers used by Evel jumping 50 cars in the L.A. Coliseum are being auctioned as well as a custom cane used by…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I always look for ways to pat NASCAR on the back for good decisions and plans. An announcement this week to update its concussion protocol is an excellent step in the right direction and long needed. For months the Freaks have said concussion…
NHRA Pomona Top Fuel Winner Leah Pritchett came into The Freak Nation Sunday night a few hours after her big win. Pritc hett is one of many woman in the NHRA who do more than look good. They win!! Events and Championships. What’s it like to beat the men in their own drag racing game?…
MHRA Mello Yello Pomona Funny Car winner Matt Hagan was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. Actually he had a great conversation with Statt Mann before the Pomona Winternationals. He has two championships in 2011 and 2014 to back up his, now, 22 wins since he entered the category in 2009. But Hagan has something…
2004 IndyCar Champion Tony Kanaan, winner of the 2013 Indy 500, broke some news this week in The Freak Nation. The Brazilian born Kanaan is now an American citizen. That’s a piece of news he offered. And there’s more. Tony is a long time Friend of the Freaks who has a resume that also includes…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I try not to get emotionally involved with drivers in motor sports. But I am human and several are special to me. One of those is Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala who won Rally Sweden this weekend in only the second event of Toyota’s…
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