Lyn St. James has spent a lifetime breaking barriers for women in racing. She was the 1992 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. And last week, the car she used to pass her rookie test at Indy, was unveiled at a special reception in her Phoenix home. The car is now hanging on Lyn’s living…
2014 IndyCar champion Will Power is another who’s a regular in The Freak Nation. His overall championship this year comes after two years as the IndyCar road course champion in 2010 and 2011. His second place finishes in the championship were worrisome until he closed the deal this season as the expense of his teammate…
2014 Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay has five victories, including Indy in May, since signing an extension with Andretti Autosport. Before this weekend’s IndyCar race in Milwaukee Hunter-Reay announced another extension through 2017. The agreement matches the extension of DHL as primary sponsor of Ryan’s race car. Last week The Freaks talked with Hunter-Reay on…
IndyCar Mid-Ohio winner Scott Dixon is being called the Master of Mid-Ohio. He’s won five of the last eight races at the historic track. This win, however, came from the last starting spot on the grid. That’s never been done on an IndyCar road or street course. But wait until you hear Daddy Dixon talk…
IndyCar Toronto Race 2 winner Mike Conway came into The Freak Nation Sunday night while taking a break from celebrating with his Fuzzy’s Vodka teammates. Conway is a road course specialist for Ed Carpenter’s race team. He got Sunday’s win after making an important call on a tire choice right from behind the wheel. He…
IndyCar Houston 2 winner on Sunday Simon Pagenaud led a 1-2 finish by the Schmidt Petersen Lucas Oil team. Pagenaud and teammate Mikhail Aleshin were the class of the field on Sunday. The win also allowed Pagenaud to insert himself into the IndyCar championship picture for 2014. Still, the Freaks found additional topics of conversation…
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…
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