NHRA Seattle Top Fuel Winner Tony Schumacher, an eight-time Top Fuel Champion, got his first 2022 victory last weekend to move him into eleventh in the championship points. Schumacher is back this season with a new team that’s only partly owned by his father Don Schumacher. The team is filled with young crew members some…
NHRA Denver Pro Stock Motorcycle Winner Matt Smith was happy about the victory when he got to The Freak Nation this week. But the win wasn’t enough to overcome NHRA rules changes that left Smith ready to slam the wood on some golf balls in Reno. The Lucas Oil rider was throwing names around with…
NHRA Bristol Top Fuel Winner Justin Ashley is one of the new names that are putting the past headliners on the trailer. Three of the top five in NHRA Top Fuel points would be considered young guns and that includes Ashley in fourth. The second generation driver – his father Mike Ashley raced in Funny…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force is a wonderfully great conversation in The Freak Nation. A day after his 73rd birthday, Force sat with the Freaks to talk about a host of things including his dinosaur tendencies and his musical tastes that run from Hank Williams, Jr. to Elton John and Eminem. Wait’ll you…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The diversity in NHRA drag racing ALWAYS stuns me. And I’ve been watching it for far more than a decade. Men. Women. Young. Old. Black. White. Brown. Asian. They all win and win championships. The latest into that salad is Pro Stock driver…
NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Brittany Force is a Freaks Favorite so when she comes in after a big win it’s especially important. Brittany had a great day in Las Vegas and we got to talk with her while her team was still breaking down the car after winning. Brittany was especially excited to…
The Freaks tried something very different with 2012, 2015 & 2016 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown. He’s a longtime Friend of The Freaks but this time he came into The Freak Nation after being interviewed by TransAm2 driver Michele Abbate. Both are part of the Lucas Oil Racing family. Michele is another Freaks Fav…
NHRA Gainesville Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is always fun when he visits The Freak Nation. He knows that when he talks with The Freaks it’s been a good weekend when he’s won an event. We’ve followed Hagan’s career from his days as a farmer to now when he owns the farm and he has…
NHRA Pro Stock Driver Camrie Caruso is only the third woman in history to ever win a round in NHRA Pro Stock racing. She’s taking it in stride though. She has genetic skill from her grandfather and father who raced in Pro Mod and won bunches. Camrie is going forward hoping the rest of the…
NHRA Phoenix Funny Car Winner Robert Hight is on the hottest streak to start the 2022 season. He’s been in eight final rounds and won all eight. His two event winning streak is a great start toward championships he won in 2009, 2017 and 2019. Hight admitted the battle to do all that winning has…
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