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In Praise of Women Racers

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Here’s three women on International Women’s Day who became champions in a game that’s suffered under the control of men for decades. My list starts at Shirley Muldowney who won three Top Fuel titles in 1977, ’80 and ’82 when some tracks wouldn’t…

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Erica Enders on a 4-Wide Win & B2BDO

NHRA Charlotte Pro Stock Winner Erica Enders is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. She loves coming into The Freak Nation because it means she’s won a race. And there’s little Erica likes more than winning. Her win Sunday war her first this year. And it’s an indication her team is putting together a championship…

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Changes in the Factory Hot Rods

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. Several NHRA Pro Stock teams are busy testing changes mandated in the category this year. The biggest change is a switch from carburetors to electronic fuel injection.  There’s also a mandated 10,500 rpm limit on the engines. Also gone are the huge scoops…

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Driving Diversity

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. This week the 2015 NHRA drag racing season draws to a close in Pomona. Not enough is said about the NHRA’s driver and team diversity.  Just this year alone African American Antron Brown already has his second Top Fuel championship in four years. …