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The Freaks on an Ugliness That Won’t Leave NASCAR Alone

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…

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Lewis Hamilton Commissions STEM Plans

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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Ryan McGee on Pink Shirts, Battle Flags & NASCAR Police

ESPN Senior Writer Ryan McGee is a longtime Friend of the Freaks and we always learn a lot when he shows up in The Freak Nation. That happened again Sunday night when he gave us very deep background on NASCAR’s plans to remove the Confederate Flag from racetracks going forward. McGee gave some examples of…

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