NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car driver Ron Capps is a long-time Friend of the Freaks who’s battled to the wire more than once for a championship. A couple of the John Force titles came at Ron Capps’ expense. Capps is ready for another run at The King but he had to rehab from off-season surgery…
2011 and 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion Matt Hagan is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. Sunday night was a different visit though. His win over legendary drag racer John Force was another step into Hagan’s transition from Virginia farmer to driving champion. We talked with Matt about that, the troubles of missing…
The 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock drag racing champion Erica Enders-Stevens is the third woman in history to ever win an NHRA title. It puts this Friend of the Freaks in rare company. She’s working hard to expand her championship efforts in 2015. But Erica gave us two headlines Sunday night. One involved talks…
This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… This weekend I finally took the time to listen to Erica Enders-Stevens and her speech at the NHRA Awards Ceremony a month ago. Erica has been a Friend of the Freaks nearly since we went on the air. But she’s a woman…
2014 NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher won his eighth championship at Pomona over the weekend. His title came before the actual Final Eliminations unwound on Sunday. Schumacher is the most successful Top Fuel racer in NHRA history which makes him an expert on such things as Eminem and the country sound he…
NHRA Pro Stock Points Leader Jason Line has two more events in Las Vegas and Pomona before he learns if he can turn his points lead into another drag racing championship. He won in 2006 and 2011. His biggest comp0etitor for the crown is Erica Enders-Stevens who has led the points this season but fell…
NHRA Mello Yello Reading Top Fuel winner Tony Schumacher came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after is 75th career win. He’s taken a seven round lead with eight rounds left in drag racing’s Top Fuel season. But Tony’s not ready to celebrate. That’s a lot of racing left going to Las Vegas and Pomona.…
NHRA Mello Yello drag racing St. Louis Funny Car winner Courtney Force is beginning to step from her father John’s mammoth shadow. She’s the first woman to win consecutive Funny Car events. She even admits there are some clues that might help her beat John for a 2014 Funny Car championship. But there’s a lot…
NHRA Mello Yello Brainerd Top Fuel winner Morgan Lucas was surprised to get his win on a rainy weekend in Minnesota at a racetrack owned by the family business Lucas Oil. Lucas has stepped back from racing in Top Fuel full-time to concentrate on business and his family. Winning as a part-time driver is especially…
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Seattle Funny Car winner John Force always breaks new ground when he visits The Freak Nation. Sunday night was no different for the 16-time Funny Car champion. Force talked about the win Sunday but he really got into talking about who his daughter Courtney Force can date. And wait ’til…
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