NHRA Norwalk Pro Stick Motorcycle Winner Andrew Hines has turned around a disappointing season in 2018 to a near perfect season in 2019. He told The Freak Nation that the mental changes he needed for wins in 2019 were substantial. In fact, the changes were coupled with renewed commitments to physical training at the gym.…
NHRA Top Fuel Chicago Winner Steve Torrence, the defending Top Fuel champion, won his fourth straight race on the NHRA season. Torrence is dominating the series in 2019. He must be in the heads of the other drivers because his Capco team is running so consistently strong. But Torrence is getting used to his Freak…
NHRA Virginia Funny Car Winner Ron Capps might be the closest friend the Freaks have in motorsports. It’s always a grand time when he visits The Freak Nation because it means our friend has won an event. It’s his second win in a row and it was sandwiched between the competition and what sounded like…
NHRA Atlanta Funny Car Winner Ron Capps is a long time Friend of the Freaks. So when he comes into The Freak Nation there’s always a fun conversation. His 2016 Funny Car championship was his high point. The win Sunday, though, closes a dry spell for Capps. He talked about that and his friendship with…
NHRA Top Fuel Winner Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals Steve Torrence had a quick trip into The Freak Nation Sunday night. Afterall, he had a victory party waiting. The 2-18 NHRA Top Fuel Champion earned his first win of 2019 in a race format he doesn’t really appreciate like other drivers do. But you need to listen…
NHRA Houston Funny Car Winner Robert Hight won his first ract in Houston 48 wins ago. He came into the Freak Nation then and he came back Sunday night. In between there were many visits but this time he talked about the missing Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle classes that weren’t at the Houston…
NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Mike Salinas got his first win Sunday in the Las Vegas 4-wide Nationals. Salinas is a San Jose businessman who’d never won anything before but now he’s with the best tuner in the business, Alan Johnson. In fact, Salinas gave the microphone to Johnson during the interview and Johnson…
Three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Angelle Sampey returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night after a lengthy absence. From 2000-2002 Angelle was Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing. Few could keep her and her Suzuki from the championship. But secretly she was impressed by the Harley Davidsons chasing her. Now she has a chance to…
Sunday night The Freaks took a Freakin’ Flashback with Courtney Force back to July, 2013. That was about the time the winning NHRA Funny Car driver posed for the ESPN The Body issue. What was it like to be nude in the desert? Was she able to get her mind around the young technicians working…
NHRA Phoenix Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is a wonderful Friend of the Freaks. We love to have him in The Freak Nation and Sunday night was no different. He interrupted his dinner to talk with us before he went to bed to prepare for a test session in Phoenix Monday. He’ll be workong on…
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