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Driving Diversity

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. This week the 2015 NHRA drag racing season draws to a close in Pomona. Not enough is said about the NHRA’s driver and team diversity.  Just this year alone African American Antron Brown already has his second Top Fuel championship in four years. …

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F1 Humor is Fast & Furious

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. Some curiosities from Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka won by points leader Lewis Hamilton. The win over Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg moves Hamilton to a 48 point lead with five races left in the season.  That includes the US Grand Prix at…

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Champions Always Battle

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. I don’t often compare anything NASCAR to Formula One but today I can. First, think back to 2005, Tony Stewart’s second Cup championship.  At the second Charlotte race he had a tire blowout late.  He battled back instead of quitting and his ultimate…

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More Complaining from Rosberg

This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… It’s early in the Formula One season. Sunday’s event in Shanghai was only the third this year. The fourth is next week in Bahrain. 2014 champion Lewis Hamilton leads the points after wins in Australia and today in China.  Four-time champion Sebastian…

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Here’s Lots of F1 Passing

This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… Here’s more ammunition for those of you who tire of arguments that start: “Formula One is so boring. There’s never any passing!” Today’s race in Germany saw 2008 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton start from 20th on the grid because of pre-race repairs…