This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Lots of drama in Sunday’s Indy 500. Takuma Sato the winner over Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal. Sato is the 20th to win a second 500, the first in 2017. But what I’ll take away from this is what Arrow Electronics revealed during…
IndyCar Indy 500 Pole Sitter Marco Andretti found time in the craziness of Indy to visit with The Freak Nation Sunday night. Marco was the first Andretti in 33 years to sit on the Indy 500 pole. The success is new for Marco who’s struggled the last couple years. But he talked with The Freaks…
IndyCar Iowa2 Winner Josef Newgarden was in The Freak Nation Sunday night with a fun conversation that was on and off the track and, even, back home with the family. Newgarden is the 2017 and 2019 IndyCar champion so he’s been a regular with The Freaks. Sunday night, though, he had a good time. Listen…
IndyCar Road America 2 Winner Felix Rosenquist of Sweden has been pushing hard for the win in his first season in IndyCar. That first win came Sunday afternoon following a late race pass against Pato O’Ward. Rosenquist has been challenging the fastest in the series but he had trouble in race one Saturday. His success…
Driver of the Century Mario Andretti is a very special Friend of the Freaks. We talked with him on video for an hour on our actual 20th anniversary, June 25th. Mario has always been available to The Freaks and his visits have always been candid, eye opening and fun. This was no different. His stories…
IndyCar iRacing Indianapolis Runner-up Conor Daly was a great guest in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He drove through a wild finish in the IndyCar iRacing finish at the virtual Indianapolis Motor Speedway to reach the checkered flag in second place behind Scott McLaughlin. Daly and McLaughlin went through the last turn of the race…
IndyCar iRacing Motegi Winner Simon Pagenaud, last year’s Indy 500 winner, was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second straight win in the IndyCar sim racing circuit. Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. We’ve been with him through sports cars, IndyCars and the acquisition of Norman and his wife Hailey.…
IndyCar iRacing Barber Winner Scott McLaughlin visited The Freak Nation from Australia his home country. McLaughlin was scheduled to driver with Roger Penske in 2020 before the global agenda changed radically. McLaughlin Saturday got a squeaky win over Will Power in a virtual race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham. McLaughlin is a great conversation.…
IndyCar iRacing Watkins Glen Winner Sage Karam has been in and out of IndyCar racing for several years but his virtual win at The Glen Saturday may be a door opener to return to the series regularly. Karam dominated in the iRacing world Saturday and in these different times, that may be enough. Listen…
1999 IndyCar Series Champion Tony Kanaan, the 2004 Indy 500 winner, is a longtime Friend of the Freaks as well. Kanaan was in another sim race this weekend in addition to the IndyCar iRacing event Saturday. The Legends event included names like Emerson Fittipaldi and Juan Montoya. Kanaan, though, has fun anywhere he competes. Listen…
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