ARCA Toledo Winner Chandler Smith won Sunday afternoon on General Tires. The 16-year-old came into The Freak Nation shortly thereafter to talk about the win and his success in the ARCA series this year. And, yes, we said that right: Smith is 16 and he’s winning races against grown men, some older than his father.…
ARCA Nashville Winner Christian Eckes came into The Freak Nation after his Music City victory on General Tires. But he stole the conversation with word that his special guitar trophy itself may be stolen. At least he hasn’t received it yet and no one knows where it is. Eckes also made some headlines climbing into…
ARCA Talladega Winner Todd Gilliland came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with a mature attitude and conversation. At 18 he already has at least three years of racing experience in stock cars and trucks. His win in the General Tire 200 at Talladega was another step in a career that’s experienced great success, more…
ARCA Pensacola Winner Michael Self won on General Tires at the Florida short track. He was much happier after a poor opening to the season at Daytona. But Self has a lot on his plate in a race season. His schedule includes teaching some of the sports headliners how to drive, especially on road courses…
ARCA Lucas Oil 200 Winner Harrison Burton got his first win at Daytona Speedway Saturday night on General Tires. Burton is the son of former NASCAR race winner Jeff Burton and nephew to Ward Burton. Harrison is only 18 but ran a smart race to get his victory. Usually 18 and smart are mutually exclusive…
2018 ARCA Champion Sheldon Creed returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He’s celebrating his new 2018 ARCA Championship on top of the offroad snd stadium truck titles he has on his resume. Creed, though, says he’s committed to stock car racing now despite his love of racing off-road on dirt. Creed said he was…
ARCA Team Owner Billy Venturini is the owner and competition director of Venturini Motorsports. It’s the only ARCA team that Toyota is in partnership with. Venturini has sent a steady stream of drivers to NASCAR, dozens into the NASCAR Cup program. But while he’s training future race winners he’s winning races now. Listen…
ARCA Springfield Mile Winner Christian Eckes made his maiden voyage into The Freak Nation Sunday night. At 17 Eckes hasn’t been many places but wherever he goes he’s drawing the attention of people who race cars for a living. Eckes was just getting to Indianapolis Sunday night where he’ll test on Lucas Oil Raceway on…
ARCA Elko Winner Gus Dean had to come from two laps down to get the win Saturday. It was the result of a crew chief plan that didn’t work, shall we say. Dean is another of the ARCA drivers we’ve had in The Freak Nation that was a joy to talk with. Maybe it’s the…
ARCA Michigan Winner Sheldon Creed is making the transition from Stadium Trucks and off-road racing to get his first win in ARCA this weekend in Michigan on General Tires. Creed has raced all over the world from Baja to Australia but the win in Michigan might be a turn to the road where he wants…
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