IndyCar St. Louis Winner Will Power’s third win of the season puts him in the 2018 championship race with Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi. Those are the two men who finished behind him at Gateway Motorsports Park. Rossi was second and Dixon third. But this conversation is about how relaxed Power could get once his…
Motorsports Hall of Fame Legend Mario Andretti has made himself comfortable in The Freak Nation. He’s been here regularly but this visit is from The Freaks’ 12th Anniversary. We bring it back because Mario is Mario and he’s worth hearing whenever. It’s just good to create a relationship with a legend, especially when the legend…
NBC IndyCar Announcer Leigh Diffey came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after a difficult race at Pocono. Diffey was calling the action when a terrible accident hospitalized IndyCar driver Robert Wickens and injured several others. Diffey talked about the race, the accident and the remaining three races on the IndyCar schedule. Listen.
IMSA VIR GTD Podium Finisher Katherine Legge is always candid when she comes into The Freak Nation and Sunday night was no different. Legge was in a tight race at Virginia International Raceway. But she also talked about the IndyCar accident at Pocono. Is oval racing a concern to drivers in her homeland? Is it…
IndyCar Second in Points Alexander Rossi returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. Rossi is second in points with a 2016 Indy 500 win on his resume. In 2015 Rossi raced in Formula One with Marussia before coming to IndyCar. So he knows considerable background on the European racing community and the differences with the…
IndyCar Toronto Winner Scott Dixon returned to The Freak Nation after his strong win Sunday in Canada. Dixon is one of the top three winningest drivers in IndyCar history behind only A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti. Dixon has a weekend off upcoming when he’ll celebrate time with the family and a birthday. But, first, Dixon…
IndyCar Iowa Winner James Hinchcliffe was in the Winner’s Circle for the first time in 2018. And the win was the first on an oval for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. So, with all those first, it wasn’t unusual for Hinch to wind up the day in The Freak Nation. He’s been doing it for nearly 18…
We had to combine Rock Legend George Thorogood and Motorsports Legend & 1978 World Driving Champion Mario Andretti for our 18th Anniversary show. They’re among the few large enough to share the spotlight and both became Friends of The Freaks. We ate pizza together and shared personal memories together. Listen…
2005 & 2011 Indy 500 Champion Dan Wheldon, the 2005 IndyCar Champion, was a true Friend of The Freaks. When he came into The Freak Nation the conversation was just as likely to be about his passion for shoes instead of his victory on the racetrack. We remember Wheldon, however, because his death in Las…
IndyCar & NASCAR Driver Danica Patrick is one of the largest headlines over the 18 years of SpeedFreaks. She was the first woman to lead the Indy 500. She is the only woman to win a ChampCar race. She ran in both open-wheel AND NASCAR and commanded the respect of the field in both series.…
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