This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Before Saturday night’s race on the Charlotte Roval they called it a street course on steroids. It was that and more. Normally I like to see drivers stretched to their limits. Drivers should be able to drive on any kind of track in…
NBC Analyst/Driver Townsend Bell spent the weekend racing in the IMSA doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He returned to The Freak Nation shortly after Sunday afternoon’s race. He spent time as an analyst talking about racing in IndyCar and IMSA. Curiously enough, some of that analysis dovetailed with his own driving experiences. Listen…
IMSA Sebring Winners Pipo Derani & Felipe Nasr called into The Freak Nation Sunday night while they were on their way to a celebratory dinner. Their Saturday win was a special IMSA make good race. Instead of the Sebring 12 Hour this was less than three hours or Sebring Lite. Still, it amounted to Derani’s…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. NASCAR and IMSA this weekend tried something different to keep race fans engaged during this shelter in place craziness. IndyCar team owner Bryan Herta told The Freaks several weeks ago that he thought the idea of iRacing had merit. Now, Herta looks like…
IMSA Petit Le Mans Winner Eric Curran stepped away from celebrating after the IMSA dinner to have a conversation in The Freak Nation Sunday night. Curran says he’s in the midst of slowing down his racing after his wins and his 2016 IMSA championship. Curran is now in the midst of building an exotic car…
2018 IMSA Champion Felipe Nasr has a chance to win his second straight title next weekend in the IMSA finale at Road Atlanta. The ten-hour Petit LeMans race is a tough way to decide a championship but that’s the appeal of sports car racing where the events could be 100 minutes or 24 hours. The…
IMSA Laguna Seca Winner Dane Cameron is always welcome on Sunday nights. His win along with co-driver Juan Pablo Montoya moved the pair at the doorstep of the 2019 IMSA championship with one race to go in Atlanta. Cameron already has two titles but he’s battling for a third in his Penske Acura DPI. Cameron…
IMSA Road America Winner Harry Tincknell is leading the Team Joest Mazda Prototypes on a massive comeback in sports car racing. The Mazdas have won three races in a row and Tincknell and his co-driver Jonathan Bomarito have two of those three. Tincknell led today’s victory with a triple-stint time in the car that he…
BMW Factory Driver Bill Auberlen came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about the sports car record for wins, a mark currently owned by legendary driver Scott Pruett, now retired. Auberlen talked with Statt Mann at Mid-Ohio before the IMSA WeatherTech race last weekend. Auberlen has been coming into The Freak Nation for…
IMSA Long Beach Bubba Burger Grand Prix Winner Joao Barbosa came into The Freak Nation Sunday night and talked about a wide racing number of topics. His race Saturday had a dramatic finish. His teammate Felipe Albuquerque had to hold off a late race charge from Ricky Taylor in an Acura. The last time Albuquerque…
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