NHRA Las Vegas Pro Stock Winner Tanner Gray, the youngest to ever win an NHRA pro category event, came into The Freak Nation Sunday night talking teamwork and The Freaks had another conversation for him! The 17-year-old Gray is a third generation drag racer and his win Sunday was a record setter. He was quick…
Four-Time World Challenge Champion Johnny O’Connell (2012-2015) is one of the most successful GT drivers in U.S. history. His wins have come in Le Mans, Sebring and anywhere in the World Challenge series. He was in The Freak Nation Sunday Night to talk about the World Challenge stop at the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend.…
2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. His visit Sunday night was getting The Freaks up to speed on his quest for a second championship season with Penske Racing. Pagenaud talked with Statt Mann about a number of things including keeping it simple when it comes to race strategy. Pagenaud…
CHiPs Actor/Director Dax Shephard is a motorhead especially when it comes to motorcycle racing. He’s especially a fan of MotoGP, the biggest global motorcycle racing series. He acted in, directed and was the executive producer of the CHiPs movie that opened this weekend in theaters. Shephard said he was willing to step aside for better…
NHRA Gainesville Top Fuel Winner Tony Schumacher was in The Freak Nation Sunday night just hours after his win in the Gatornationals. Schumacher was effusive in his praise for his car early in the season. His confidence was strong enough to use qualifying to get some additional test data that he eventually used in his…
IMSA Sebring 12 Hour Winner Ricky Taylor is a Friend of the Freaks so when he comes into The Freak Nation after a win we listen and, even, give him some business because he takes it so well. Taylor, along with his brother Jordan Taylor and teammate Alexander Lynn, got the win, the second in…
NASCAR Las Vegas Cup Winner Martin Truex, Jr. is from one of the smallest but most successful teams in NASCAR racing. Furniture Row is based in Denver instead of North Carolina. And, in Denver, the team has a close association with the Denver Broncos and team icon John Elway. Truex is a favorite of The…
IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Sebastien Bourdais is in his first of two years with Dale Coyne Racing. So his win Sunday was very significant because he got one of the paddock’s smallest team into Victory Circle over everyone else including the most powerful IndyCar team, Penske Racing. Bourdais said team owner Dale Coyne is paying…
NHRA Top Fuel Driver Troy Coughlin, Jr. is in his first year of Top Nitro drag racing. And it’s his first year of visiting The Freak Nation. We had fun with the next generation of The Family Coughlin. We evengot to tease him a bit on his girlfriend “at home.” Troy Jr. has traveled around…
NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta Winner Brad Keselowski is another longtime Friend of the Freaks. His visit Sunday night was special because of his last minute win in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. Brad has been victimized by his mistakes but Sunday he benefited from a speeding in pit lane violation by Kevin Harvick who dominated the race…
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