NASCAR Cup Series Driver Erik Jones has driven for seven time champion Richard Petty for three years. Now he’s about to drive for another seven-time champion, Jimmie Johnson, who’s coming into the owner’s box as a partner with Petty. The Freaks have found Jones to be one of the most well rounded drivers in all…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Was fascinated by an online conversation this afternoon that speculated about NASCAR building a short track on the site of Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Destruction has started and most think a high banked half-mile racetrack is in the future. But Irwindale Speedway…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’ve come to believe that technology is not high or low but, just, technology. And that includes artificial intelligence that’s becoming more important in things like Formula One and NASCAR. There was a time more than fifteen years ago when Penske Racing was…
NASCAR President Steve Phelps took some time recently to visit with Kenny and Crash while he was in Phoenix. And it was a refreshing conversation with a motorsports chieftain who answered all The Freaks questions and looked them in the eye while he did it. Not many in the sports industry, including those of the…
1999 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Dale Jarrett visited with Kenny and Crash during a Phoenix visit to raise money for childhood cancer research. Jarrett no longer drive, instead he talks about drivers and driving as an analyst for NBC Sports. In addition to his Cup title in 1999, Jarrett also won the Daytona 500 three…
NASCAR Kansas Winner Tyler Reddick returned to The Freak Nation Sunday Night hours after his win in Kansas. The winning move came on a daring three-wide pass on the Kansas Speedway apron with less than two laps left in the event. The victory allows Reddick to move to the second round of the NASCAR Chase…
2021 NASCAR Cup Champion Kyle Larson visited with Kenny and Crash when he was in Phoenix working to generate support for children with cancer. Larson also talked about the NASCAR Playoffs where he won the opening race at Darlington automatically advancing him to the playoffs’ second round. Larson has two kids so the idea of…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. When Darrell Wallace got into the NASCAR Playoffs Saturday night it was an important moment in his life and the life of a global motor sport. He gets to play further in NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship. He stared down millions on and…
NASCAR Cup Indianapolis Road Course Winner Michael McDowell came into The Freak Nation Sunday Night for an in-depth conversation on his Indy win. It was an important win for McDowell in that it put him into the NASCAR playoffs, a great moment for his young independent team Front Row Motorsports. McDowell is a longtime Friend…
NASCAR Team Owner Rick Hendrick & 2021 NASCAR Cup Champion Kyle Larson Sunday morning announced the paint schemes for their attack on the 2024 Indy 500 and NASCAR Coke 600, the famed Motor Racing Double that will be known next year as the Hendrick 1100. Larson will be making his debut in IndyCar when he…
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