NHRA Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is a regular in The Freak Nation. His visit Sunday night was welcome as the NHRA returned to racing after the four month break because of the pandemic. Hagan is a busy man with several personal and family business interests. He said he got a lot done in his…
Kenny Sargent visited with music legend George Clinton back in 2006 when The Freaks were on Speedchannel weekly. Clinton was in the middle of a tour promoting his latest musical release. But you’d have thought he was promoting the cheeseburger he was eating in this Freakin’ Flashback! Clinton took a few moments away from his…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Motor racing is forcing itself back into the sports headlines even with the coronavirus pandemic still raging. Despite all the world’s problems it is great to see competition again. And even better to see Friend of the Freaks Scott Dixon dominating in IndyCar.…
Driver of the Century Mario Andretti is a very special Friend of the Freaks. We talked with him on video for an hour on our actual 20th anniversary, June 25th. Mario has always been available to The Freaks and his visits have always been candid, eye opening and fun. This was no different. His stories…
New York Times best-selling author Jade Gurss is always a welcome visitor in The Freak Nation. But his visits aren’t always frequent because of his schedule. He’s a popular media specialist especially within the motorsports community. He’s written books with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. who he helped make NASCAR’s most popular driver for more than a…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Outrage rushed around the world last Sunday when news broke that a noose was found in the garage of NASCAR driver Darrell Wallace, the sport’s only black driver. An FBI investigation, however, found that the noose-like knot was in the garage a year…
Competition Plus Editor/Creator Bobby Bennett is one of the most inside of all media people in drag racing. He created CompetitionPlus.com to bring the sport into the transparency of the World Wide Web. But Bennett’s visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night was riveting as he described his battle against Covid-19. Bennett said he came…
ARCA Talladega Winner Drew Dollar got his first major stock car racing win at 19. The win on General Tires got him his first visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night. Dollar got the dramatic victory and told The Freaks he had trouble getting to sleep afterwards as he enjoyed the moments on You Tube.…
The NASCAR Cup race at Talladega was postponed until Monday afternoon but that wasn’t the headline as the day unfolded. Someone put a noose in the garage of Darrell Wallace, the only black driver in the sport. The story became the most talked about thing on Twitter Sunday night. The Freaks talked about the ugliness…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’ve always wondered by Mercedes doesn’t do more marketing with Lewis Hamilton here in the United States. The six-time World Champion driver is one of the most recognized black men in the world and he races a Mercedes Benz Formula One car more…
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