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…
2021 NHRA Funny Car Champion Ron Capps might well be considered the fourth Freak. His first appearance in The Freak Nation came before the radio show was launched. The title, however, came at the last minute this weekend. Capps lost early in the Sunday eliminations and had to pace nervously until teammate Matt Hagen lost…
NHRA Rookie of the Year Candidate Josh Hart was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He’s maybe the leading candidate with wins in Gainesville and Charlotte, two of the eight events he ran on a limited schedule this season. But The Freaks found out the Top Fuel driver is so much more than driving his…
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