Michigan State basketball star Denzel Valentine this week was named the Associated Press’ Player of the Year in College Basketball. It’s one of the highest honors of the year in the sport. It’s short of the Wooden Award but it does set Valentine aside as one of the best in the upcoming draft of collegiate…
NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican was one of the strongest drag racers ever when he competed in the International Hot Rod Association. He won more than Big Daddy Don Garlits. But he’s in the NHRA now where wins haven’t come yet. But his crazy taste in music sets him apart in any musical victory…
Former Astronaut Mark Polansky spent thousands of hours in space during Three major Space Shuttle Missions. One 16-day million included five spacewalks and was accomplished in 248 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6,547,853 million miles in 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes and 58 seconds. If anyone can be considered an American space man it’s…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I rarely comment on articles I read on websites. But that’s what I did this week after reading a report on driverless motorsports competition. That’s right; full-sized remote controlled cars competing against one another. For some reason the idea appeals to me. Current…
NHRA Mello Yello Gainesville Top Fuel Winner Brittany Force came into the Freak Nation Sunday night after the first win of her Top Fuel Career. She wasn’t alone, though. The celebration in the background included her legendary Dad and her brother-in-law IndyCar driver Graham Rahal. It was a huge party interrupted by The Freaks. But…
IMSA Sebring 12 Hour Winner Scott Sharp went into some detail Sunday night on how his Extreme Motorsports Team won the legendary race. On the winning team: Sharp, Johannes van Overbeek, Ed Brown and Pipo Derani. The same team won the Rolex 24 at Daytona. So the logical question: What are he plans for continuing…
NASCAR Xfinity Driver Brendan Gaughan is a very long time Friend of the Freaks. So it was great to reconnect this weekend especially when Brendan talked about any plans he might have to return to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing. We found Brendan where else, at a racetrack. This time it was at Irwindale Speedway in…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. A record number of upsets in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament sent millions of fan brackets into the trash can this weekend. But March Madness upsets weren’t restricted to American college basketball. The Haas F1 team, the first American team in F1 since…
NASCAR Sprint Cup Phoenix Winner Kevin Harvick won one of the closest finishes in NASCAR history. His .010 victory over Carl Edwards was the eighth closest ever matching the .010 finish at this year’s Daytona 500. The closest ever was at Darlington in 2003, a .002 margin with Ricky Craven getting the win there. Sunday…
IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Juan Pablo Montoya opened the 2016 season with a win Sunday in St. Pete. Montoya’s win was a comfortable victory over teammate Simon Pagenaud. But when Montoya pulled into Victory Lane, he showed a problem to his Crew Chief. The steering wheel was all but flopping around in the cockpit of…
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