This week we take a Freakin Flashback with Megadeth Guitarist Dave Mustaine. We talked with Dave in May of 2013 just before the band’s next album Super Collider was released in June. Mustaine, however, was in the Freak Nation in May to also help raise support for victims of a massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. …
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. If you’re listening to The Freaks, there’s a chance you know the name Huffaker Engineering and Joe Huffaker. Huffaker Engineering’s been around since 1960 and winning races and championships almost ever since. Included are three Trans-Am titles and all kinds of Sports Car…
IMSA Petit LeMans Winner Jordan Taylor came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after the team’s first win of the season in the last race of the year. Jordan is a longtime Friend of the Freaks so we like to have him with us. So, not only did we get the inside comments after the…
NHRA Top Fuel Charlotte Winner Steve Torrence won his fourth straight event Sunday. That’s all the events in the NHRA’s end of the season playoff chase for a championship. The Torrence run in so incredible it leaves Steve ALMOST speechless. But he’s quick to talk about the great run his team has had and how…
It’s not often The Freaks talk with fishermen. After all fishing isn’t our normal definition of Speed! But our partners Lucas Oil Outdoor and General Tire are major players in the sport pro fishing. So we threw out some bait and caught up with General Tire Major League Fishing Star Skeet Reese. Yes, he’s a…
WWE Star Dolph Ziggler wsa in The Freak Nation Sunday night promoting the January Royal Rumble in PHoenix. But he also talked about his 300 days a year on the road and the stand-up comedy he does in addition to the wrestling promotion he does all over the world. That much travel globally must make…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For years I’ve argued that motor racing began suffering when factory budgets strayed from research and development to marketing. Engineers weren’t trying to learn things for your driveway. Instead, pencil pushers were trying to learn things to put in your kitchen or closet.…
NHRA Dallas Funny Car Winner Robert Hight returned to The Freak Nation Sunday where he’s a welcome guest. Hight, though, was ready to tell the Freaks how he modified an apparatus to give him protection and relief so he could win with a broken collarbone. It was mending from surgery but Hight’s doctors gave him…
NASCAR K&N West Idaho Winner Hailie Deegan was in The Freak Nation this week after becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR K&N race since 1964. Deegan’s win wasn’t luck though. She passed the race leader going into the last lap. She said he was tired of finishing second. Deegan’s Dad Brian Deegan is…
Three-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion was just getting his fantastic Top Fuel career underway when The Freaks talked with him in March of 2008. It was hours after his first Top Fuel win in Houston. But in the ten years he’s won three titles and a basket full of Wally trophies, the NHRA iconic trophy…
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