ARCA/General Tire Springfield Winner Grant Enfinger races on pavement regularly in ARCA and NASCAR. But he won Sunday on the dirt mile in Springfield, Illinois. Wait’ll you hear how he talks about racing on pavement and dirt. You’d think there’d be a difference but Listen…
General Tire Team GT driver Mikey Childress won the Mint 400 on a motorcycle in 2006. That was the same year he won the Best in the Desert Open Pro Division championship. Childress is on a 1500 class buggy now but he’s aware of all the big technology that’s invaded off-road racing. And it’s needed…
General Tire Off-Road driver Harley Letner has won more than 15 class wins as a 1500 buggy racer. One of those wins came in January at the Best in the Desert Parker 425. Letner’s success in off-road racing goes back several generations. His grandfather actually got Harley involved in the sport. Letner explained how all…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… The Freaks were at the Mint 400 this week. I personally love the trip thanks to event sponsor General Tire. In fact, I’m still amazed at an off-mic conversation with a driver who talked about the new technology and larger budgets in…
The Freaks first met Jim Riley several years ago when he was an off-road sponsor with his Azunia Tequila brand. Riley, however, has grown into a driver in his own right. He helped found the Trophy Light class where he’s built a competitive machine to race against the guys he might even sponsor. Jim Riley…
General Tire Team GT driver C.J. Hutchins was teamed with Mike Childress in the 1500 Buggy Class at the Mint 400. But Hutchins gives nothing to anyone on the race course. He won the longest off-road race in the United States, The General Tire Vegas to Reno, in 2013. But in Las Vegas at the…
General Tire Off-Road Driver Jerry Zaiden surprised The Freaks Sunday night when he talked about how the off-road community is actually leaving the desert better off than it finds it. That’s a long way from the perception of many. Zaiden broke several stereotypes while talking about how he’ll attack next weekend’s Mint 400 after finishing…
Mikey Childress (and, yes, he’s a distant cousin to NASCAR owner Richard Childress) has won the Mint 400 on a motorcycle but he has problems Saturday in his Class 1500 buggy. Childress and team owner Travis Chase visited with The Freaks Friday before the Mint 400 started. They were part of the General Tire Mint…
Ray Griffith is part of the General Tire program at the 2014 Mint 400. But he’s also part of The Freaks program coming back in 2014 after appearing last year at the Mint 400 pre-race wearing a pink feathered boa. Yeah! Our kind of off-road racer! But Griffith is at home in both desert and…
Jim Riley makes Azunia Tequila but his passion might be racing his off-road truck. That is, when he’s not with his newborn baby. Riley came into The Freak Nation maybe five years ago when he wasn’t sure about this racing thing. Now he’s full-on racer and loving every minute of it. He was a fixture…
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