NHRA Insider/Journalist Susan Wade is a veteran in the NHRA paddock. Her experience allowed her to create an excellent article in the Dragzine online magazine. It looked at problems facing the NHRA and some of its team in this time of pandemic. What’s especially important are the teams who have contracts that might be dependent…
NHRA Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is a regular in The Freak Nation. His visit Sunday night was welcome as the NHRA returned to racing after the four month break because of the pandemic. Hagan is a busy man with several personal and family business interests. He said he got a lot done in his…
Competition Plus Editor/Creator Bobby Bennett is one of the most inside of all media people in drag racing. He created CompetitionPlus.com to bring the sport into the transparency of the World Wide Web. But Bennett’s visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night was riveting as he described his battle against Covid-19. Bennett said he came…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force is always welcome in The Freak Nation so Sunday night was a pleasure for The Freaks. Only this time Force was talking about $600,000 raised for STEM education at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Wait’ll you hear John talk about who won his special edition Chevrolet CoPo Camaro sold at…
2019 NHRA Funny Car Champion Robert Hight came into The Freak Nation after winning his third Funny Car title. Hight is a longtime Friend of the Freaks but his final round Sunday afternoon in Pomona was something few have seen before in a title winning round. Hight explained how it all unfolded. Listen…
NHRA Funny Car Title Challenger Jack Beckman is just 46 points out of first place going into the season’s final event, The World Finals in Pomona. Beckman is in line for his second championship after winning in 2012. Beckman is always a fun conversation and Sunday night was no different. Listen…
NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Brittany Force came into The Freak Nation before celebrating her victory in Las Vegas. Force will make a charge for her second Top Fuel title (2017) at the season’s final event in Pomona in two weeks. Force is beginning to sync with her new crew chief David Grubnic and…
NHRA Dallas Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson has two races to make up a little more than 100 points to grab his fifth championship. Anderson won titles in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010. He came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to celebrate his 94th career win. Anderson is a Friend of the Freaks so…
NHRA St. Louis Pro Stock Winner Erica Enders returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night after a big win. She’s fighting for another championship to go along with those won in 2015 and 2015. Enders is growing up with another birthday Tuesday. So she was hesitant to talk about the drivers she likes to beat…
Our Freakin Flashback this week goes back 15 years to 2004 and a conversation with drag racing legend Don The Snake Prudhomme. Snake visited The Freak Nation on a Sunday night when we were using the radio show as the core of our weekly television broadcast on the Speed Channel network. Snake was pretty comfortable…
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