IndyCar St. Louis Winner Josef Newgarden has won three of his last four races and four all season. Saturday night’s latest win in St. Louis put him 31 points ahead of perennial title contender Scott Dixon who’s won four championship altogether. Newgarden’s win Saturday, though came at the expense of teammate and defending IndyCar champion…
IndyCar Pocono Winner Will Power came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after a dramatic win, his second in a row at Pocono. Power battled teammate Josef Newgarden at the end of the 500 mile race. The cars were less than a second apart after hours of competition. Power talkd about the strange moves he…
IndyCar Mid-Ohio Winner Josef Newgarden was in The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second victory in a row in IndyCar. That major hit in points lofted Newgarden to the top of the driver standings. It’s the first time an American driver has been on top of the standings in some five years. Newgarden, though,…
IndyCar Toronto Winner Josef Newgarden came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about his win in front of a full house of fans in Canada. Newgarden is considered part of the New Breed of drivers in IndyCar. But nearly falling in his Victory Lane celebration would have kicked him out of the New…
Racing Legend Mario Andretti is always a welcome guest in The Freak Nation. He stops by once or twice a year and always leaves us knowing and wanting more. Andretti’s legend is global so when Fernando Alonso came to Indy he came under the Andretti name. Mario’s experience is so expansive he might be the…
Three-time Indy 500 Winner and 1980 Indycar Champion Johnny Rutherford was important in the history making return of McLaren to the Indy 500 last month. Rutherford won for McLaren in 1974 and 1976 at The Brickyard. He was hoping that the massive event would make a big impression on two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando…
IndyCar Grand Prix Winner Will Power logged his first win of the 2017 season Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The victory left him fifth in the standings just four points shy of teammate Helio Castroneves in fourth. Power is another longtime Friend of The Freaks. It was cool to talk with Will on Mother’s…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves is one of the original Friends of the Freaks. He’s been with us nearly as long as he’s been in major league motor racing. And with Fernando Alonso, the two-time Formula 1 champion, coming to run this year’s Indy 500 we also talked with Helio about his former dreams…
IndyCar Phoenix Winner Simon Pagenaud, the 2016 IndyCar champion, came into The Freak Nation Sunday with his pet dog that had to be set aside to continue the conversation. Pagenaud had much to say about his win Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway, especially about the crash that marred the beginning of the race. How…
IndyCar Birmingham Winner Josef Newgarden got his fourth career win and first for his new team at Penske Motorsports. Newgarden was eager to be in The Freak Nation and said all the right things in celebrating his important win. He also had some comment on the largest headline in IndyCar this season, the appearance of…
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