This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Red Bull Global Rallycross series will add competition for all-electric vehicles starting in 2018, two years from now. It’ll be a distinct standalone series separate from the Supercars and GRC Lites currently competing. I love this idea. The GRC is the perfect…
Three-Time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Angelle Sampey returned to The Freak Nation after a LONG absence Sunday night. Sampey won the PSM championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002 long before her five-year-old daughter Ava was born. She was candid with The Freaks about returning to competition after retiring because Ava was getting old enough…
Formula One’s annual visit to America at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas ended Sunday with a reported successful promotion. There were reports Sunday that some 250,000 people attended the race weekend including 80,000 at a Taylor Swift concert Saturday night. These numbers are critical. Attendance fell last year for several reasons including rainy…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Pay attention to the biggest business headline of the week: ATT has offered more than eighty billion dollars to buy Time Warner. When a distributor buys a content producer it’s massive news. There’s another broadcast story, though, that involves computer generated advertising during…
NASCAR Sprint Cup Driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has been a Friend of The Freaks for maybe fifteen years. He’s a Freak OG! So it’s difficult to hear he’s out of the car suffering from concussion symptoms connected to racing. We’ve had fun sharing moments with Dale, Jr. on and off the microphone. He’s as candid…
Motorsports legend Bobby Unser, one of ten to win the Indy 550 at least three times, is a Friend of the Freaks. He’s always welcome to bring his Indy wins from 1968, 1975 and 1981 into The Freak Nation. He’s also a perfect person to talk about racing today versus racing when he was building…
Former Foreigner Lead Singer Lou Gramm is a big lover of street machines including Chevrolet Chevelles, Camaros and Oldsmobile 4-4-2s. And more! Which one would he dive into to save from a fire? The Olds? The Camaro? Foreigner sold more than eighty million albums with Gramm up front. But in addition to his music is…
IMSA GTD Champion Christina Nielsen is the first woman to win a championship in a major U.S. racing series. It wasn’t a lucky win. She came within two points of the championship last year. Nielson is one of the top sport car drivers in America, male or female. It’s hoped the historic win that came…
NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Points Leader Ron Capps is an OG in The Freak Nation. His appearance Sunday night was in the midst of his campaign for the Funny Car championship. He leads the points with three events left but the race is super close among his teammates including close friend Tommy Johnson, Jr.…
Supercross/Motocross Legend Ricky Carmichael is another long-time Friend of the Freaks. He’s been a Freak Nation resident since our fourth show 16 years ago. Carmichael is maybe the Greatest of All Time Supercross and motorcross racer. He’s in the Motorsports Hall of Fame. It’s that experience he uses to design Supercross tracks including the one…
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