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One Million Drifters

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Part of the SpeedFreaks history includes Formula Drift. In fact all three of us happened to be at the back of an SUV when Formula D co-founder James Liaw explained to us how he was going to start a series like none other…

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When Plans Get Punched in F1

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Every driver wants to win. It’s the way they’re wired. But team drivers have priorities. The first is beating their teammates. Ferrari had trouble with all of it today in Russia. Apparently the team had a plan for pole sitter Charles LeClerc to…

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A Lots Changed in 14 Years!!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For a lark I asked Google for NASCAR headlines from September, 2005; fourteen years ago. The lead story from Fortune Magazine was telling. Remember Nextel Cup? The Allstate 400 at the Brickyard? $740 million, ten-year sponsorships? At the time NASCAR officials were puffing…

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