Former NASCAR Cup team owner Tinsley Hughes is one of the very few African American team owners in the industry’s history. Drivers such as Mike Skinner, Carl Long, Ron Hornaday Jr. and even three-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip all drove for him. He told The Statt Mann he’s been committed to motor sports…
Action Sports legend Travis Pastrana Sunday night returned to The Freak Nation and revealed the news that he broke his tibia while racing several women in an exhibition race in Indiana earlier in the day. Travis was traveling after finishing ninth in a special TT race in Atlanta Saturday. He drove all night to Indianapolis…
The General Tire Freak of the Weekend is a new feature with The Freaks. It’s to honor a crew member who exemplifies Freak behavior with a stock car team especially the ARCA series sponsored by General Tire. The first winner is Josh Walter, a crew member on the Corey Heim team that won at Talladega…
NHRA Atlanta Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson celebrated with The Freaks Sunday night. He’ll forever be the last Pro Stock winner at Atlanta Dragway because the NHRA is closing the track after this weekend’s last event. Anderson is a four-time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion (2003–05, 2010). He also was crew chief when Warren Johnson…
NASCAR Cup Driver Chris Buescher won the ARCA championship in 2012 and the Xfinity title in 2015. Now he’s racing in the NASCAR Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. Buescher is a regular visitor to The Freak Nation so another appearance might cover any and all topics including great stories from Jack Roush and the…
ARCA Talladega Winner Corey Heim Saturday doubled down on his Daytona win at the beginning of the year. He returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night to recall his Talladega win on General Tires. Heim especially talked about his spotter who’s been with him for several years. He especially likes the information he gets on…
NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wide Funny Car Winner Bob Tasca III is part of his family’s Ford dealerships so he’s got a different slant on supporting the electrification of professional racing in the NHRA. Tasca also had great comments to make on whether or not nitro drag racing should return to the classic quarter mile race…
Supercross 450cc Rider Dean Wilson came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with a great conversation about the many headlines emerging from a wild Supercross season. Wilson also talked about tense racing with a competitor who might live in the neighborhood when the racing is over. In fact, is Florida now the nerve center for…
IndyCar Barber Winner Alex Palou had to convince team owner Chip Ganassi he was worthy of a ride in the series. He did that by winning the season opener Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. The 24-year-old Spaniard, who started third tying a career-best qualifying effort. Palou capitalized on a two-stop pit strategy while the front…
Drag Racing Legend Don Prudhomme is ready for his fourth attempt in the Mexican 10000, an offroad race in Baja that’s not as intense as the 1000 and 500 mile races run by SCORE. The Mexican 1000 is all that happens between the parties that unfold at each step along the way. An offroad race…
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