NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force is ready to improve on an excellent 2012 rookie season in which she finished fifth in points. Force is the daughter of 15-time Funny Car champion John Force. So funny car racing is sort of the family business. But that business is expanding now that her younger sister Brittany…
NHRA Top Fuel teammates Morgan Lucas and Brandon Bernstein are more than Friends of the Freaks, they’re nearly members of The Freaks. Certainly they’re citizens of The Freak Nation. So when we talked with them Thursday at the Winternationals in Pomona we weren’t surprised when the conversation took a hairy turn. don’t be surprised if…
NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis Dejoria is returning to the Mello Yellow Drag racing Series this year with a year’s worth of experience under her belt. She’s determined to get her first win this year after just missing the playoffs in her rookie season last year. But Dejoria had some bigger news about her personal…
2011 NHRA Funny Car champion Matt Hagan had a forgettable season in 2012. There were events when he didn’t even qualify for the finals. That’s why he came into The Freak Nation Thursday at the 2013 Winternationals and his story was about how he plans on returning to the thrilling days of “yesteryear” when Hagan…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti was a teammate with 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray at the Rolex 24 last weekend. Franchitti and McMurray are also teammates at the Chip Ganassi Racing stables. So, in the midst of all this, Dario and Jamie have a friendship outside the race car cockpit. They demonstrated that…
Double Supercross champion Ryan Villopoto is getting his 2013 season rolling with his second straight win in Oakland Saturday night. Villopoto came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to analyze his win and the season that’s turning around after a slow start. Villopoto led wire-to-wire after nailing the hole-shot to earn his 26th career victory.…
Major League Baseball pitcher C.J. Wilson has always found racing to be a passion. He fulfills that passion owning a development team for Mazda. That’s the hat he was wearing before the Rolex 24 when The Freaks sat down with Wilson for a no-holds barred investigative interview in which C.J. shed light on several issues…
Five-time Rolex 24 winner Scott Pruett is maybe the best sports car driver in U.S. history. He backed that up this weekend with his record tying fifth overall win at the 24 Hour Classic at Daytona International Speedway. Pruett spend more than ten hours behind the wheel to get the win but when he wasn’t…
When Sebastien Bourdais was the hottest, he ripped off four consecutive ChampCar championships in American open-wheel. After a stint in F1 he’s fighting to get back to that championship form, racing full time in IndyCar and Grand-Am this weekend at the Rolex 24. But what we enjoy most about Bourdais is his candor. He’ll answer…
Velocity Worldwide/Wayne Taylor Racing driver Jordan Taylor and his friend Mark Jensen were the buzz of the paddock at the Rolex 24. A YouTube video launch by the pair and fellow drivers Spencer Pigot and Ricky Taylor is developing some energy on the Web service. It’s called Good Vibrations and it’s been vibrating through the…
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