NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel driver J.R. Todd was sitting at home watching March Madness last spring when the phone ring. The next 24 hours was an odyssey you wouldn’t believe if you saw it in a film. Todd was out of the sport full-time at the beginning of the season. By the end of…
2012 NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Antron Brown hired a “body man” to get ready for the 2015 Top Fuel season that starts this weekend in Pomona, California. Brown is a former track athlete and thought it proper to get a physical trainer to get him ready to deal with the violence of Top…
NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car driver Ron Capps is a long-time Friend of the Freaks who’s battled to the wire more than once for a championship. A couple of the John Force titles came at Ron Capps’ expense. Capps is ready for another run at The King but he had to rehab from off-season surgery…
1992 and 2008 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon is off to an encouraging start for 2015. His elapsed times at the pre-season testing was among the top five in times. But Cruz said some of the cars weren’t going their hardest. Still, Cruz knows how to win and beat the King of…
2011 and 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion Matt Hagan is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. Sunday night was a different visit though. His win over legendary drag racer John Force was another step into Hagan’s transition from Virginia farmer to driving champion. We talked with Matt about that, the troubles of missing…
The 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock drag racing champion Erica Enders-Stevens is the third woman in history to ever win an NHRA title. It puts this Friend of the Freaks in rare company. She’s working hard to expand her championship efforts in 2015. But Erica gave us two headlines Sunday night. One involved talks…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… This weekend I finally took the time to listen to Erica Enders-Stevens and her speech at the NHRA Awards Ceremony a month ago. Erica has been a Friend of the Freaks nearly since we went on the air. But she’s a woman…
2014 NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher won his eighth championship at Pomona over the weekend. His title came before the actual Final Eliminations unwound on Sunday. Schumacher is the most successful Top Fuel racer in NHRA history which makes him an expert on such things as Eminem and the country sound he…
NHRA Pro Stock points leader Erica Enders-Stevens is more than ready to step into the drag racing history books. Next weekend in Pomona she could become the first woman to win a Pro Stock championship if she can hold off challenger Jason Line. Erica has visited with us several times on television and radio. So…
NHRA Pro Stock Points Leader Jason Line has two more events in Las Vegas and Pomona before he learns if he can turn his points lead into another drag racing championship. He won in 2006 and 2011. His biggest comp0etitor for the crown is Erica Enders-Stevens who has led the points this season but fell…
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