Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and, now, two-time Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson came into The Freak Nation Sunday night and felt free to talk about a host of issues from his Daytona 500 win Sunday to Harlem Shake videos on You Tube. In between Johnson found time to remark about his triathlon and marathon…
Yahoo! Sports’ Jay Busbee writes about motor racing and golf on the website. But it was his coverage of this weekend’s Daytona 500 that got out attention. That, and the Nationwide accident on Saturday that saw more than two dozen fans injured when a car got into the catch fence and exploded into debris. Busbee…
NASCAR Sprint Cup star A.J. Allmendinger may be at a crossroads in his career. He has a few rides lined up in NASCAR but last week he got an IndyCar test from the Penske Racing Team, one of the two most successful programs in IndyCar. Allmendinger isn’t talking about any full-time plans in IndyCar nor…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. The saddest part of Saturday’s Nationwide accident at Daytona is NASCAR’s belief that it wasn’t inevitable. It’s easy to say after the fact that we’ll study everything to make sure our fans are safe. But after Geoff Bodine’s truck crash at Daytona…
NBA legend Michael Jordan came into The Freak Nation several years ago to talk about his Superbike team and what he finds similar between motorcycle racing and NBA basketball. We revisited that conversation on Jordan’s 50th birthday Sunday. It was fun to look back on a few legendary moments with a basketball legend. And to…
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch owns teams in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series. Yet he finds time to win as a Sprint Cup driver. Busch is considered one of the fastest drivers in NASCAR and he has wins in all three series to prove it. So guess what The Freaks talk about…
NHRA Pomona Funny Car winner Courtney Force didn’t get her first win at the Winternationals Sunday evening. But the win was special because it was in front of family and friends who may not have had the chance to see her first victory last year outside Seattle. Courtney leads the Funny Car points heading to…
NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about a host of issues from the Generation 6 Sprint Cup car to his Whiskey River property to his mother’s favorite adult beverage to NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski. As you can imagine it was a fun interview…
2013 Daytona 500 Top Qualifier Danica Patrick wrote another motor racing chapter Sunday when she became the first woman to win the Pole in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Patrick has been a history maker throughout her ground-breaking career. But this will set her apart when the race starts next Sunday. She’ll be joined on…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. It’s time to Scatt a little bit. I was watching a recent episode of the British Top Gear program this morning. Scottish singer Amy MacDonald was the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car. And her time was more than remarkable among the top 15 percent of all guest drivers.…
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