NASCAR Driver Tyler Reddick made a rare visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night. The conversation was an excellent look into a winless driver who’s about to explode into Victory Lane and rearrange the place. Reddick’s conversation covered enormous ground from what he dreams about to what makes him giddy when he looks at other…
The Formula One season opens this week in Bahrain. Lots of new stuff. Lots of new headlines, driver lineups, driver dreams and engineering ideas. A welcome headline this week has American Colton Herta getting a test driver deal from McLaren, run by an American Zak Brown. That synergy is the point of disappointment over what’s…
IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Scott McLaughlin was a three-time Australian Supercars Champion (2018, 2019, 2020) when he came to IndyCar last year. He learned his open-wheel lessons pretty well, though, proving it by dominating his first IndyCar race this year in St. Petersburg for his first win in the series. You’ll be surprised, though, what…
NASCAR Xfinity Driver Ryan Vargas has been growing behind the wheel in stature and skill ever since he started racing at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California on Saturday nights. But no matter how much he won, the security at Irwindale found it hard to believe he was old enough to be a winner down on…
NHRA Pro Stock Driver Camrie Caruso is only the third woman in history to ever win a round in NHRA Pro Stock racing. She’s taking it in stride though. She has genetic skill from her grandfather and father who raced in Pro Mod and won bunches. Camrie is going forward hoping the rest of the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… We learned this weekend that the Haas F1 team has dropped its Russian driver and the Russian title sponsor he was connected to. This is part of the global economic counterattack launched against Russia and its war mongering leader Vladimir Putin who invaded…
NHRA Phoenix Funny Car Winner Robert Hight is on the hottest streak to start the 2022 season. He’s been in eight final rounds and won all eight. His two event winning streak is a great start toward championships he won in 2009, 2017 and 2019. Hight admitted the battle to do all that winning has…
ARCA Daytona Lucas Oil 200 Winner Corey Heim visited with Kenny Sargent right after last week’s win at Daytona Speedway. Heim is part of the powerful Venturini Motorsports program that dominates in ARCA. Heim is a great guest for the Freaks. He’s a fun conversation especially after his first win of the season. The way…
Superstar WWE Wrestler Ettore “Big E” Ewen was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. Big E is becoming intertwined with NASCAR, a big leap from a guy who drove a Geo Metro when he was in college. The way he described it the car was the definition of a “hooptie.” But there’s very little that’s…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… It’s been a historic week. The mind boggles at the headlines and what they mean. Even the motorsports world is affected by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. The Formula One industry decided quickly to cancel the Russian Grand Prix planned for Sochi in…
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