NHRA Funny Car Points Leader Austin Prock stopped a round of golf to talk with The Freaks. The cell service at the golf course wasn’t strong enough so he drove home quickly and reconnected for a great conversation. Prock equaled a record set by his John Force Racing boss, John Force. He’s won 13 top…
European Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom talked with Kenny and Crash in St. Louis. She’s getting her feet wet in America’s NHRA series and campaigning to be the NHRA 2024 Rookie of the Year before she makes a run at a title next year. Zetterström won her European and FIA Top Fuel title in 2023.…
Three-time NHRA FC Champion Ron Capps came into The Freak Nation Sunday night. Capps won his championships in 2016, 2021 and 2022. That last title came when Capps was in his first year as a team owner, a very rare accomplishment. But Capps isn’t having that championship kind of season in 2024. His crew chiefs…
NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Winners cane into The Freak Nation Sunday night moments after the Victory Lane ceremony. Dallas Glenn won Pro Stock. Tony Schumacher won Top Fuel, his first win since the death of his father Don Schumacher. And Fast Jack Beckman won his first race in the car formerly driven by NHRA legend…
NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett told the Freaks eleven months ago she was fighting to change NHRA rules concerning female drivers starting a family. Pruett and a coalition of women NHRA racers fought for an amendment to NHRA rules. Pruett was a career-best third in 2023 but opted to start a family with husband…
Six-Time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders spent time this week with Kenny and Crash. Erica is third in the standings 90 points behind leader Dallas Glenn. Enders is the most successful female Pro Stock driver in NHRA history with titles in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023. She’ll have to battle though to…
Drivers in all racing series are watching what Formula One is doing about drivers who use profanity over their in-car radios. F1 drivers could be penalized heavily. And NHRA drivers were concerned about the same thing happening as they’re being interviewed before their races by network anchors calling the competition. The Freaks talked with Erica…
NHRA Charlotte Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown followed up his win in Reading, Pennsylvania last weekend. The win gives him a 53-point advantage over Justin Ashley in second with four events remaining in the 2024 season. This is his first time in first place this late in the season since 2017. He won his championships…
NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett stepped out of her dragster this season to start a family. Now she finds herself cheering for her husband Tony Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion in his first full-time season in Top Fuel. Stewart’s made the NHRA playoffs driving Pruett’s car. Now Pruett must teach Tony enough to get…
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Brainerd Pro Stock Winner Dallas Glenn is getting ready for the Super Bowl of drag racing at the U.S. Nationals next weekend. Glenn leads the NHRA Pro Stock points over his teammate Greg Anderson. Glenn is careful though. He was in a similar position last year entering the NHRA playoffs when…
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