This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. NASCAR brags that it’s Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, opens the season. That pride, though, should be tempered with some embarrassment. The inexperienced shouldn’t be allowed to run in the biggest race of the year. There needs to be a commitment to upgrade…
Comedian Carlos Mencia returned to The Freak Nation this week as he continued his latest comedy tour. It’s always fun to have Mencia with The Freaks especially as he riffs on the L.A. Dodgers and Rams, his passion for baseball, taking his friends to a Lakers game, political correctness and reaching for the brown sugar.…
Disney Channel Producer Travis Braun has spent a lifetime talking with youne people, racers and his Dad’s Triumph Spitfire. He’s the brother of sports car champion driver Colin Braun but his latest headline is all for Travis. He’s become a producer for the Disney Channel. The programs he’s developing for Disney could solve a growing…
2015 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion Colin Braun was once the young upstart in racing but, at 30, he’s now a champion and able to talk about efforts to get more young people into the sport’s grandstands. Braun could also put himself into a new place, a Disney Channel project with his brother Travis…
Two-time 250 Supercross East Champion Zach Osborne busted his collarbone last fall just before the Supercross season opened in Anaheim in January. The injury required surgery and four weeks of recovery time. That recovery led to his 2019 season start in Dallas last weekend where he made his 450cc debut finishing 22nd after retiring on…
Four-time Supercross Champion Ryan Dungey came into the Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about his transition to retirement. He won his titles in 2012 and 2015-2017. When he left he was the best in the sport devoting his entire life to staying on top of the best. Now, though, it’s a challenge to change…
ARCA Lucas Oil 200 Winner Harrison Burton got his first win at Daytona Speedway Saturday night on General Tires. Burton is the son of former NASCAR race winner Jeff Burton and nephew to Ward Burton. Harrison is only 18 but ran a smart race to get his victory. Usually 18 and smart are mutually exclusive…
IndyCar Driver Graham Rahal has been coming into The Freak Nation for more than a decade. So when we talked with him Sunday night it was like talking with an old friend. Rahal was at pre-season testing at Weathertech Raceway, the old Laguna Seca, in Northern California. He’s eager to get the 2019 season underway…
Actor and producer Jeremy Piven, Ari Gold from the award-winning Entourage television show, is turning his attention to stand up comedy. Piven won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Award as Ari Gold. Now, though, he’s like to win some great laughs as a comedian. He’s touring the country now doing shows. It…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s disappointing to learn that the World Rally Championship has pushed hybrid and electric technology at least five years down the road. Automakers say they were promised five years of stability with the current regulations first. I hope that’s not just something to…
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