NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Driver Courtney Force was married late last year to IndyCar driver Graham Rahal. They’re entering a new world while building driving careers approaching the top of their games. Courtney and Graham have been seen at each other’s events. How do they feel about the best in their sport trying to…
One of the most successful drivers in the entire stock car racing industry is Bill McAnally of Roseville, California. His drivers not only win races, they win championships on the West Coast and go on to success in the NASCAR touring series. We talked with him about Bill McAnally Racing and one of his young…
2015 NASCAR K&N West Champion Chris Eggleston has the right attitude about the 2016 season. The title was last year. Most would call him the defending champion but Chris looks at it like going for another title this year. Last year was last year and all that. But what about looking up at the field?…
This is Todd Gilliland’s rookie season as a full-time driver in the NASCAR K&N West Series. But he’s already won races. In fact, he’s two for two for BMR. That’s not a bad start for a fifteen year old. Todd’s father is NASCAR Sprint Cup driver David Gilliland. Is he worried about that family talent…
COTA World Challenge Podium finisher Jon Fogarty is leading the charge in the World Challenge series for Bob Stallings’ Gainsco Racing. This time, though, instead of winning titles in an IMSA Prototype, Fogarty is in an exotic McLaren GT machine that he took to a third place Sunday at Circuit of the Americas. Fogarty is…
Eight-Time NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night. This time, though, he was beating the NHRA drum telling everyone that competition in the NHRA has a renewed intensity and that has created very close racing early in the drag racing season. Listen…
2016 Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin was in The Freak Nation this week. It was before his less than successful run in the Las Vegas round of the Sprint Cup season. But it was after his enormously successful start to the season winning the Daytona 500. Hamlin’s wild media tour after Daytona wore him out…
16-Time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Champion John Force is a very long-time Friend of the Freaks. He might be a charter member of that fraternity. Whenever we get a chance to spend a few minutes with the King of Drag Racing we are in awe of where he can take a conversation. And we’re…
Three-Time Indy 500 Winner Helio Castroneves was the fastest in IndyCar testing at Phoenix International Raceway last week. It was the last IndyCar official test on an oval before the 100th Indy 500 in May. Helio said the speeds when the series gets to Phoenix will be breathtaking. Then Castroneves went to Freakish places to…
NHRA Mello Yello Phoenix Top Fuel Winner Leah Pritchett was riding on a cloud when she came into The Freak Nation Sunday night. She’d just won her first Top Fuel event in a Final Round victory over Brittany Force. It was only the second all-female TF Final and the first since 1982. Leah’s win was…
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