NBC Race Broadcaster Leigh Diffey is a fun conversation in The Freak Nation. Sunday night was no difference. After more than a half century of ABC broadcasting the Indy 500, NBC sports did this year’s race and Diffey was in the center of a great race and broadcast. Diffey is fun… Listen…
2019 Indy 500 Broadcast Host Mike Tirico might be the best sports broadcaster in the industry. He’s done championship games, Olympic Games and legendary games. Sunday he hosted the NBC Indy 500 broadcast with Dale Earnhardt and Danica Patrick. That was after he took a two-seater ride with Mario Andretti. Tirico did all of it…
2019 Indy 500 Pole Sitter Simon Pagenaud was the headline from a dramatic day 2 of qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pagenaud had to survive the Fast Nine qualifying for next weekend’s Indy 500. He came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk ab out how he won the Pole, the voices he…
NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis is launching a new performance energy drink called Defy. He is bringing the drink into the world of motorsports sponsoring the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team along with Lucas Oil. They’ll be on the car next weekend at the Indy 500. The twist on this story is an active…
Two-time Formula One Driving Champion Fernando Alonso was supposed to lead McLaren into the 2019 Indy 500 next weekend. But a funny thing happened on the way there. He failed to qualify. It’s a shocker in the world of motorsports but Alonso might be the most settled in the failure. He talked with reporters after…
IndyCar Indianapolis Grand Prix Winner Simon Pagenaud is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. His visit Sunday night ended a long victory drought for Pagenaud that dates back to late 2017. The Penske Racing driver’s win Saturday is being called brilliant. He chased down five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon in the rain and passed him…
Racing Legend Anthony Joseph Foyt is always welcome in The Freak Nation. Sunday night’s visit was the fun we expected. Most of the conversation was about the Indy 500 where Foyt has won four times. In fact, he’s the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the…
The Freaks Sunday night took us on a 2013 Freakin’ Flashback with Tony Kanaan. The interview was done on Media Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway just days before Kanaan won the biggest race of his life, the Indy 500. And, as often happens with Kanaan and The Freaks, the conversation had little to do with…
IndyCar Long Beach Winner Alexander Rossi came into The Freak Nation shortly after his second straight win at the Long Beach Grand Prix. Rossi won the Pole and dominated the race Sunday afternoon. He got the win driving a Honda powered car in front of the President and CEO of American Honda. An important win…
IndyCar Barber Winner Takuma Sato was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after a popular win Sunday afternoon. Sato drives for Rahal, Letterman Lanigan Racing and his win came in front of one of his bosses, David Letterman, the former talkshow host. Will Sato have to expect Letterman at the races now to take…
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