General Tire off-road drivers Mikey Childress and Jerry Zaiden are on the verge of launching something big. Zaiden is pushing to build a new class in off-road racing. He said the Mint 400 will include more than a dozen Class 6100 trucks, a new class designed to bring back high tech race machines like Trophy…
Several hats fit General Tire off-road drivers Jim Riley and Rick L. Johnson. Both have had success on the racetracks in the desert. Both have had success in business. Now both show us how they are successful marketing both those careers to their fans. Riley is the head man at Azunia tequila. And Johnson is…
The Freaks started taking them two at a time with Team GT off-road drivers Justin Lofton and Garrick Freitas. Both has a valued place in The Freak Nation. Lofton has been in as both an off-road driver and NASCAR truck series competitor. Garrick Freitas is featured in a General Tire commercial that plays regularly on…
Miss Mint 400 Taylor Cox was busy with General Tire Friday during the traditional tech inspection and parade of racing machines through vendor row. But Taylor took a few minutes to remember her own racing career which ended badly in someone’s front yard. She came by the passion honestly, though, Her Dad raced motorcycles when…
Team GT’s Harley Letner is a fourth generation off-road driver. His family has eight second-place finishes at the Mint 400. But in 2010 he became the first in his legendary family to win the Mint in his class. Harley, and yes he’s named for the motorcycle, is 6-foot-5 and looks like a basketball player. But…
Team General Tire’s Ray Griffith runs a full Best In The Desert schedule as well as the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series short course schedule. He’s so committed he published an Instragram image that showed him passed out sleeping with an airgun in his hand working on his off-road buggy. When we dressed Ray…
General Tire Class 5000 Steve driver Alexander gets emotional when he talks about winning the Mint 400. When he was a teenager he vowed he’d do it one day and drew a picture for inspiration. Now that picture is beside the trophy he won after getting that win several years ago. But Team GT’s Steve…
General Tire off-road driver Justin Lofton is a welcome visitor into The Freak Nation especially as he prepares for next weekend’s General Tire Mint 400 in Las Vegas. Lofton also races in NASCAR when he’s not off-road racing so he has a unique perspective on racing through rocks as well as around them. Lofton also…
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Danica Patrick is a welcome visitor in The Freak Nation on St. Patrick’s Day. Danica has moved to North Carolina to be close to her NASCAR team and the NASCAR community and lifestyle. We talked about her changes in lifestyle especially the Southern “boys” she’s meeting these days. But when it…
NHRA Gainesville Pro Stock winner Allen Johnson has picked up where he left off last season when he won the 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock championship. His win Sunday at the Gatornationals came at the expense of his teammate Jeg Coughlin. It shows the strength of the team. Johnson’s conversation with The Freaks also…
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