IMSA Touring Car Watkins Glen Winner Robert Wickens returned to The Freak Nation in triumph Sunday night. Saturday he won his first race since a 2018 IndyCar accident at Pocono damaged his spine leaving Wickens without full use of his legs. Obviously it was a popular victory. One that left Wickens to talk openly about…
2022 Rolex 24 Winner Simon Pagenaud was part of a driving team at Meyer Shank Racing that included Helio Castroneves, Tom Blomquist & Oliver Jarvis. The team battled throughout the race especially in the last hour when Helio Castroneves got in the car and had to fight off Ricky Taylor for the win. It was…
2022 Rolex 24 LMP3 Winner Gar Robinson dominates the LMP3 category that made its debut last season. He won the first race at Daytona, the 2021 LMP3 championship and all but one of the races in between those two headlines. Robinson, in fact, defended his 2021 class win at the Rolex. Obviously he’s happy with…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Ford is becoming the pony in the motor racing pile. It’s not only looking at ways to electrify motorsports where it can. It’s also plugging in NASCAR’s young guns who run behind the Ford blue oval. In a couple weeks four NASCAR wannabee…
2021 IMSA Champions Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani fought to the last corner of the season before they got the championship. They explained some of the on-track drama at Petit LeMans Saturday. They also explained what turned around their season and who’d be their alter egos from television. Lucas Oil sponsored Nasr and Derani are…
2021 IMSA GTD Champion Laurens Vanthoor has won championships with the powerful Porsche factory racing team but Saturday the championship came with the independent Pfaff Racing Team from Canada. Laurens explained the difference between racing for a factory and independent team. You’ll be surprised at which he might prefer. Listen…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… Lost in the championship dramas at Petit LeMans last night is the retirement of Patrick Long, one of the most successful sports car drivers in American history. I say that with some prejudice. Pat’s a friend. He’s North America’s only Porsche factory driver.…
IMSA GTLM VIR Winner Tommy Milner came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about a number of issues including the intra-team battles between the number three and four Corvettes in IMSA. Milner also remembered one of his favorites things, sunsets. He also talked about getting ready for the SIM racing season that’s starting…
IMSA President John Doonan had an in-depth conversation with The Statt Mann Sunday night. IMSA has become a destination series for sports car racers all over the world. That’s an incredible admission when American sports car racing was on life support just ten years ago. Some of the growth has been in Social Media where…
IndyCar Team Owner Bryan Herta, Bryan Herta Autosport, is having success in his team ownership. He’s won the Indy 500 twice and two sports car championships in IMSA. In fact, BHA has won races in every discipline it’s entered, including Indy Lights, Indy Car, Global Rally Cross, World Challenge and IMSA. That includes Saturday at…
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