16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force gave up time with his family and friends Sunday night to visit with the Freak Nation after the NHRA Mello Yello Nationals in Topeka, Kansas. The Force Family had a mixed weekend in Kansas including him crashing the new Chevrolet Camaro that was introduced to the media just…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The Red Bull Global Rallycross Series could be at a crossroads like some X Games Figure 8 competition. The season opened this weekend in Phoenix. Only eleven Supercars showed up. In fact, there’s only twelve drivers listed on the series website. One of…
IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis Winner Simon Pagenaud is on a rare three race win streak going into the Indianapolis 500 in two weeks. Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks who’s always candid with us. He’s the hottest driver in Indycar now with two second place finishes to go along with the three…
NHRA Atlanta Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan got his first win of the season Sunday at the Southern Nationals. Hagan is one of the strong personalities in the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series. But, like most of the drivers, his go-to conversation is about drag racing technology. The Freaks, though, always get a little…
Three-time Indy 500 Winner & Racing Legend Bobby Unser is one of The Freaks’ favorite racing personalities. Unser is always candid with us so when he talks about the etiquette in the Indiananpolis Motor Speedway motor home lot, we got some eyeopening observations. Unser won the Indy 500 in 1968, 1975 & 1981. They remain…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Complaints are constant when it comes to NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers dipping into Xfinity or Camping World Truck races taking opportunities, sponsorships and money from the drivers there. Well, a similar problem came up this week in international racing and the FIA did…
Two-Time Global Rallycross Champion Tanner Foust is one of the most diversified drivers to visit The Freak Nation. He just emerged from an airplane Sunday night after competing this weekend in the Formula Drift round in Atlanta. Testing, though, has begun in his Volkswagen Global Rallycross machine. He said the 2016 updates will be great…
Four-Time Champcar Champion & IndyCar Driver Sebastian Bourdais talked to The Freak Nation about changes that may be coming in IndyCar aero kits. But he really went into some detail about race plans he makes with his engineers before a race. Bourdais said those plane are important but they could change quickly. It’s like the…
IndyCar & Racing Insider Robin Miller took The Freak Nation behind the curtain of the series to unwind what’s going on. He told us where the price gouging is happening behind the 100th running of the Indy 500. But, more important, he explained what the marketing of the legendary race could mean to the future…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Equal time was once important in my career and it may be needed now. Last week I implied three-time World Driving Champion Lewis Hamilton might be experiencing some punishment from Mercedes after an accident last year driving an Italian Supercar instead of a…
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