Drag Racing Legend Don Prudhomme, ranked number three in the NHRA’s list of Top 50 Drag Racers of All-time, came back to The Freak Nation Sunday night after an absence of several years. Prudhomme is one of the few to ever win championships in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories of the NHRA.…
NHRA Gainesville Top Fuel Winner Richie Crampton returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night hours after his first win in more than a year. Crampton talked about a number of things including overcoming all sorts of problems on the day. And his new crew member from NASCAR who might stay a while. And what’s he…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force came into The Freak Nation after an evening of dinner and a movie with his family including the grandchildren. It’s fun to hear John relaxed, especially after the hair raising accidents that have dotted his early season starts. John remembers family and some fun in Australia. Especially the…
We go way back with drag racing legend John Force. We even have a relationship with Forces’ former teammate Gary Densham, another Funny Car driver who will be inducted into Don Garlit’s Hall of Fame this week. John will be there to celebrate with Densham about a great career, but also about some great trips…
2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Brittany Force amazes us every time she stops in The Freak Nation. Sunday was no different. Brittany has grown so much in such a short time winding up in her championship last year. The win earned her several special trips including an eye-to-eye face off with a live bull. And…
NHRA Phoenix Funny Car Winner Courtney Force was in The Freak Nation a couple hours after her victory. But just as import as the victory was an update on the accident suffered by her Dad, John Force. Courtney was tired after the trying weekend but she found the time to talk about her coming days…
NHRA Phoenix Top Fuel Winner Steve Torrence came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with a celebratory attitude. Torrence was ready to party after beating everyone in the other lane Sunday including his teammate and Dad, Billy Torrence. Will Dad be there all season? And will he finish the championship run he missed last year?…
3-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown was super candid with Statt Mann recently. He went from some of the smaller tracks that the NHRA runs on and how fans accept a champion’s attitude, to where he gets the mentoring to maintain a champion’s attitude. Antron Brown is a man made for a champion’s attitude…
NHRA Pomona Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is a regular in The Freak Nation. His win Sunday at the Lucas Oil Winternationals matches a longstanding record. Not since Don Prudhomme has anyone won Pomona two years in a row as the fastest qualifier in Funny Car. Hagan has parlayed championships from wins like this. Can…
Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown sat down with Statt Mann this week and found a different road to travel, one less traveled by anyone else in the drag racing media. Antron talked about his Olympic dreams, his mentor – Michael Jordan – and a Georgia fan who once told him he matched the…
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