This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Sometimes I just don’t understand the marketing mindset in motorsports. The golden chalice, of course, is audience. NASCAR has been turning over rocks for 20 years looking for more people to look at its motor racing shows. Last year it found one answer…
2022 Indianapolis 500 Pole Sitter Scott Dixon took time last May to drop into The Freak Nation. It’s one of our favorite guests of the year. Dixon had just won the Pole for The 500 and, as we learned, he was challenging for the won at Indy before troubles in the last quarter of the…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s funny how our culture will equate wealth with intelligence. Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. He knows about electric cars and rockets to Mars but he’s finding himself pretty confused by social media. Same with NFL team owner Daniel…
2022 Indy 500 Winner Marcus Ericsson was in The Freak Nation Sunday night while touring his Swedish hometown with the Borg Warner Trophy from winning in Indianapolis. Ericsson’s profile is on the trophy and it appears to be a wonderful likeness. Ericsson talked about a number of things regarding the trophy and his Swedish tour.…
2022 Indy Lights Champion Linus Lundqvist was relaxing with his family in California when he checked in with The Freak Nation Sunday night. Lundqvist is part of several team conversations for a ride in the big league IndyCar Championship next season. His title in Indy Lights gave him a big scholarship check to take with…
2022 IndyCar Series Champion Will Power came into The Freak Nation Sunday night just hours after winning the title in a close battle at Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca. Power is a longtime Friend of the Freak so it was great for us to talk with him after getting his second IndyCar title. And it…
IndyCar Driver Conor Daly was in The Freak Nation Sunday night with an incredible conversation. It was just a couple days after he admitted cutting off his personally branded mullet. Daly has driven NASCAR Trucks part-time while competing full-time in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving for Ed Carpenter Racing. Daly is a great conversation about…
IndyCar Worldwide Technology Raceway Winner Josef Newgarden returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. And he brought a new outlook with him. Newgarden has developed a new friendship with teammate Scott McLaughlin and the new personality found in the Bus Bros has Newgarden smiling larger. Sunday night’s win also has him smiling larger as he’s…
IndyCar WWTR Runner-Up David Malukas captured the hearts of everyone in the grandstands Saturday night. His charge to second in the race surprised most in the crowd but not Malukas. The 20-year-old from Chicago was ready for a great run after a two-hour weather delay. He said his car was ready and he didn’t want…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The racing I watched Saturday left me with a smile. And some new names to know. First, the Xfinity race from Watkins Glen where newcomer Sammy Smith, an 18-year-old rookie from Iowa, finished third in only his fourth NASCAR Xfinity start. On Friday,…
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