IndyCar Team Owner & Driver Beth Paretta and Simona De Silvestro keep their female-forward team, Paretta Autosport, in the spotlight at the Indy 500. But this conversation with The Freaks reveals so much more about Paretta’s executive leadership at Chrysler and SRT. She made decisions that kept some stars racing or set them down. Listen…
IndyCar Iowa 2 Winner Pato O’Ward came into The Freak Nation this week to talk about his surprise win in Iowa. It came after a wild race that included a dangerous crash by race leader Josef Newgarden. O’Ward is young and he’s ready to step into the global motor racing spotlight. But O’ward needs to…
General Manager Worldwide Technology Raceway Chris Blair came into The Freak Nation for a comfortable conversation. Blair has been a Friend of The Freaks since he helped program the show at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Blair had a successful show at WWTR with NASCAR Now he’s getting ready for IndyCar’s WWTR Bommarito Automotive Group 500…
IndyCar Toronto Winner Scott Dixon is a Freaks Favorite. His win in Toronto tied him with Mario Andretti with 52 career wins for second on the all-time list behind A.J. Foyt’s 67 victories. His six championships in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 are the most ever. Dixon, though, is far more entertaining than numbers.…
A 2013 Freakin’ Flashback with Justin Wilson was a highlight on Sunday night’s SpeedFreaks radio show. Kenny and Crash talked with Wilson on the Indy 500 Media Day in Indianapolis. Wilson was a Friend of The Freaks so it was painful when he was killed during an IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway in 2015. Debris…
1978 Formula One World Champion Mario Andretti is just one of the titles earned by this racing legend. We thought it would be great to have him back in The Freak Nation, this visit a flashback two years to our 20th Anniversary weekend. Mario is a Friend of The Freaks as you’ll hear in this…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. First of all, thanks for the big response to last week’s look at the Indy 500 TV ratings. They were the worst ever for a Memorial Day weekend race. You were interested so let’s look a bit deeper. Many in racing lose sight…
Four-Time Indy 500 Winner Helio Castroneves will try for a fifth in a couple weeks. A fifth win would put him above some of the greatest drivers to race at Indy including A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser. Helio is a favorite of the Freaks for his Indy wins and another title he’s held:…
2000 Indy 500 Winner Juan Pablo Montoya is the only driver to win the CART championship (1999), Indianapolis 500 (2000) and Rolex 24 At Daytona (2007), all in his first attempt. Returned to Indy car racing in 2014 after six seasons competing in Formula One and seven in NASCAR. But Montoya has even more to…
2019 Indy 500 Winner Simon Pagenaud, the Meyer Shank Racing driver, finished second at the 2022 GMR Grand Prix, the road race before the Indy 500. Pagenaud walked with Crash Gladys about a number of things. and, in pure Freak Fashion, the conversation stretched from fashion, to heat, to qualifying to the Indy 500. When…
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