NHRA Reading Funny Car Winner Ron Capps chased a Funny Car title for years but now he’s in a battle to keep the championship he won last year. Capps won in Reading Sunday evening and now he’s in a battle with Robert Hight going into the final four rounds of the 2017 season. St. Louis…
NHRA Charlotte Funny Car Winner Robert Hight came into The Freak Nation just hours after his win Sunday where he took over the Funny Car points lead in the Chase for the NHRA championship. Hight drives for John Force Racing and part of his win Sunday was a victory over teammate and Force’s daughter Courtney…
NHRA Cat Spot Litter Funny Car Driver Scott Palmer faces one of the biggest weeks in his racing career. He has until Wednesday for drag racing fans to vote him into the Traxxas Shootout at the U.S. Nationals. But, more important, he is ninth out of ten who will qualify for the NHRA’s championship playoffs.…
NHRA Brainerd Funny Car Winner Alexis DeJoria won her first event of the season Sunday in Minnesota. The win puts her in contention for the NHRA’s post season playoffs, the Countdown to the Championship. DeJoria is a longtime Friend of the Freaks along with her husband Jesse James of West Coast Chopper fame. The crazy…
NHRA Seattle Funny Car Winner Robert Hight had to beat two members of his John Force Racing team to get to the winner’s circle Sunday. He jokingly said John Force and his daughter Courtney would retire to a mid-season vacation this week. But Hight said he had some plans of his own while they’re away.…
NHRA Denver Funny Car Winner Robert Hight came into The Freak Nation Sunday night just hours after his boss, John Force, renamed the Denver Mile High Nationals, the Mopar Mile “Hight” Nationals. Hight’s first win of the season was his 38th of a brilliant career and marked the 13th straight year Hight has earned at…
NHRA ESPY Nominee Ron Capps won his first Funny Car championship last year. He’s been one of the hottest drivers in all of motor racing and that’s why he got the ESPY nomination. If he should win he’d become the first drag racer to get the honor. Capps is part of Don Schumacher Racing, a…
NHRA Norwalk Funny Car Winner Jack Beckman always adds something to The Freak Nation when he visits. Our 17th anniversary show on Sunday night was no different. He won in Norwalk to continue a great season. But the final run Sunday afternoon ended with an explosion and fire. Jack was able to laugh about it…
NHRA Topeka Funny Car Winner Ron Capps is on one of the biggest rolls in drag racing history. He won his fourth straight Funny Car event in Topeka Sunday. Why’s track to fast? Ron has a great explanation. What about getting these wins at the start of the season instead of the end when it…
NHRA Charlotte 4-Wide Funny Car Winner Ron Capps, the 2016 NHRA Funny Car champion, might be the biggest Friend of the Freaks. And Sunday night he was all in on the once-a-year NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina. Some drivers and fans, including Statt Mann, don’t like the diffeent format. Capps doesn’t have many…
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