NHRA Pomona Funny Car winner Courtney Force didn’t get her first win at the Winternationals Sunday evening. But the win was special because it was in front of family and friends who may not have had the chance to see her first victory last year outside Seattle. Courtney leads the Funny Car points heading to…
NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about a host of issues from the Generation 6 Sprint Cup car to his Whiskey River property to his mother’s favorite adult beverage to NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski. As you can imagine it was a fun interview…
2013 Daytona 500 Top Qualifier Danica Patrick wrote another motor racing chapter Sunday when she became the first woman to win the Pole in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Patrick has been a history maker throughout her ground-breaking career. But this will set her apart when the race starts next Sunday. She’ll be joined on…
You could call NHRA Funny Car star Ron Capps one of the most diverse in all of drag racing. In addition to competing for several Funny Car titles to the last rounds of the season, Capps has competed for wins on circle tracks paved and unpaved. Capps is a driver and he shares some of…
You might call NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican one of the original Freaks. He made his first trip to The Freak Nation more than eleven years ago when he was the King of the International Hot Rod Association. He even did a little freestyle rapping after showing up with his own entourage. Millican didn’t…
Car and bike builder Jesse James can wear so many hats and he tried on a number of them Thursday with The Freaks at the Winternationals in Pomona. We’ve known James for more than ten years and had fun with him every time we got together. But Thursday was different. James was raw and unplugged,…
The Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series can offer the most dramatic racing in motor sports especially in the Top Fuel category where the equipment used includes some of the same technology used on the NHRA Top Fuel dragsters. One of the most successful magicians in the drag boat category is Eddie Knox who was…
NHRA Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon is returning to the Top Fuel wars where he’s won three world championships. And Dixon is coming back to the battles with a Crew Chief, Lee Beard, who’s won three world titles of his own. This is a special team with new sponsorship Rapisarda Autosport International from Australia. Dixon…
The NHRA’s new Mopar Pro Stock team is made up of five Pro Stock championships including last years won by Allen Johnson. Joining Johnson this year is four-time champion Jeg Coughlin and Vincent Nobile. It has the promise of being a super team but that’s only on paper where they don’t do the real racing.…
2012 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Champion Jack Beckman is one of the quickest around, on and off the track. It’s why we like to have him in The Freak Nation. His quick wit means there’s always fun. And Thursday at the Winternationals in Pomona were no different. Beckman was ready with stories about his…
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