NHRA Gainesville Top Fuel Winner Richie Crampton returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night hours after his first win in more than a year. Crampton talked about a number of things including overcoming all sorts of problems on the day. And his new crew member from NASCAR who might stay a while. And what’s he…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force came into The Freak Nation after an evening of dinner and a movie with his family including the grandchildren. It’s fun to hear John relaxed, especially after the hair raising accidents that have dotted his early season starts. John remembers family and some fun in Australia. Especially the…
2017 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Brittany Force amazes us every time she stops in The Freak Nation. Sunday was no different. Brittany has grown so much in such a short time winding up in her championship last year. The win earned her several special trips including an eye-to-eye face off with a live bull. And…
NHRA Phoenix Funny Car Winner Courtney Force was in The Freak Nation a couple hours after her victory. But just as import as the victory was an update on the accident suffered by her Dad, John Force. Courtney was tired after the trying weekend but she found the time to talk about her coming days…
NHRA Phoenix Top Fuel Winner Steve Torrence came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with a celebratory attitude. Torrence was ready to party after beating everyone in the other lane Sunday including his teammate and Dad, Billy Torrence. Will Dad be there all season? And will he finish the championship run he missed last year?…
3-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown was super candid with Statt Mann recently. He went from some of the smaller tracks that the NHRA runs on and how fans accept a champion’s attitude, to where he gets the mentoring to maintain a champion’s attitude. Antron Brown is a man made for a champion’s attitude…
NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett has won the NHRA’s last two trips to Phoenix. So she’s getting ready for a third win next weekend. But her visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night looked at more things like Danica’s impact on drag racing, her recorded fastest run in NHRA history and how she plans…
NHRA Pomona Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is a regular in The Freak Nation. His win Sunday at the Lucas Oil Winternationals matches a longstanding record. Not since Don Prudhomme has anyone won Pomona two years in a row as the fastest qualifier in Funny Car. Hagan has parlayed championships from wins like this. Can…
Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown sat down with Statt Mann this week and found a different road to travel, one less traveled by anyone else in the drag racing media. Antron talked about his Olympic dreams, his mentor – Michael Jordan – and a Georgia fan who once told him he matched the…
2017 NHRA Funny Car Champion Robert Hight is a long-time Friend of the Freaks. So it was fun to start the 2018 season in Pomona with a conversation about his off-season, the rubber chicken he ate and the rifles he didn’t get to shoot enough to get some real relaxation. Hight is confident about 2018.…
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