IndyCar Texas winner Ed Carpenter got some new respect from The Freak Nation this weekend when he answered charges of cheating from fellow drivers Juan Montoya and Will Power. They said Carpenter bent the rules on his restarts including the start that led to his win. Carpenter said of Montoya: Maybe he wasn’t close enough…
IndyCar drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Will Power came into The Freak Nation Saturday night after the IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway and they weren’t in a gracious mood about race winner Ed Carpenter. In fact there were charges of cheating from Montoya who said Carpenter took advantage of some rules on his restarts…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… I’m not even a small Kurt Busch fan. And I bet he feels about the same where I’m concerned. But his run at the Indianapolis 500 last week deserves all the accolades it can receive. Busch qualified 12th less than a tick…
IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand came close to winning the Indy 500 in 2011. He qualified ninth for this year’s race next weekend. Hildebrand has great experience for the race. That gives him great insight on what NASCAR driver Kurt Busch might face when he runs his first Indy 500 this season. He also tells us…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser is one of the most fascinating interviews The Freaks do. We’re constantly told the 80-year-old legend is starting to show his age but we found that his age is just what we want to see! Bobby Unser not only won at Indy but his 13 wins at the Pikes…
IndyCar Birmingham winner Ryan Hunter-Reay coasted to his second straight victory at Barber Motorsports Park Sunday in a rain-shortened IndyCar race. Hunter-Reay called The Freak Nation right after he landed back in Indianapolis after the race. Hunter-Reay is the 2012 IndyCar champion but his win in Birmingham was his first for 2014. He explained the…
IndyCar Long Beach Grand Prix winner Mike Conway put his celebrating on hold Sunday night to talk with The Freaks. Of course we had to ask about how he was celebrating considering his team’s sponsor is Fuzzy’s Vodka. Conway is one of the hardest working men in the racing business even though his IndyCar team…
IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe was just announced as a fourth driver for the powerful Chip Ganassi Racing squad. That’s a headline in the IndyCar community but in The Freak Nation, Briscoe’s headline is his new daughter who’s less than two weeks old. The Freaks wanted to know how things were with the newborn and how…
Motor Racing Legend Mario Andretti, the 1978 Formula One champion, visited with The Freaks at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last week. As it can happen with Mario, the conversation went to diverse places. That included racing comebacks, football comebacks, crap starters, Johnny Manziel and dirty diapers. Mario Andretti is a longtime Friend of…
Newly crowned 2013 IndyCar champion Scott Dixon stepped from the IndyCar season ending banquet in Hollywood Sunday night to talk with The Freaks. It was just a few hours from the season ending MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana where Dixon won his third IndyCar title. We got a chance to celebrate with…
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