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.…
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…
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 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…
2017 NHRA Funny Car Champion Robert Hight is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. So it was fun to start the 2018 season in Pomona with a conversation about his off-season, the rubber chicken he ate and the rifles he didn’t get to shoot enough to get some real relaxation. Hight is confident about 2018.…
Two-time NHRA Funny Car Champion Cruz Pedregon came into the pre-season media conference with one idea: changing his clothes. But between coming into the session and figuring out what to do with his Oakland Raider-themed helmet, Cruz found himself at the front of the room barely dressed. Listen…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force took time from his cat and his stationary bike to speak with The Freaks Sunday night. He’ll become Dr. John Force Wednesday when the University of Northwestern Ohio bestows him with an honorary Doctorate. We laughed Sunday night when Force said he’ll now have to learn to spell…
2017 NHRA Funny Car Champion Robert Hight is a regular in The Freak Nation. He was here before Pomona where he won his second Funny Car title last weekend. He’s always fun but this time he talked about an impromptu meeting with John Force at a car wash and the persistent cold that won’t go…
NHRA Funny Car Points Leader Robert Hight was a little under the weather Sunday night. But he says a cold won’t stop him from battling for the 2017 NHRA Funny Car title next weekend at the World Finals in Pomona. His chief rival is the 2016 champion and friend Ron Capps. Less than a round…
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