NHRA drag racer JR Tofdd is leaving the Top Fuel ranks to run a Funny Car for Kalitta Motorsports in 2017. Todd has been with Kalitta since March of 2014 and has battled all the way to second in the Top Fuel standings in 2014 and fourth last season. In addition, his resume includes being…
NHRA Funny Car pilot Matt Hagan is one of the fastest drivers in the class. He has two championships in 2011 and 2014 to back up his 21 wins since he entered the category in 2009. But Hagan has something that he’ll be overcoming in the 2017 season, the death of his brother over the…
NHRA Top Fuel driver Tony Schumacher is one of the best to ever race in the category. He has a record 82 wins under his belt going into the 2017 season this weekend in Pomona. Those wins built eight championships in the category including six in a row from 2004-2009. But with all that behind…
Troy Coughlin, Jr. moves from the sportsmen and Pro Mod categories of drag racing to the fastest cars on the planet in 2017. Coughlin will be in a sub-four second Top Fuel dragster for Kalitta Motorsports for the entire season. Coughlin is the son of two-time Pro Mod champion Troy Sr. There are even people…
16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force visited The freak Nation this week to pound the drum pretty hard after his John Force Racing Funny Car team put down some of the fastest times in the NHRA pre-season testing. The opening of the NHRA drag racing season opens next weekend in Pomona. But before the…
2016 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Champion Ron Capps might be the most original of all OGs in The Freak Nation. Next to the Freaks, Capps might be our largest regular. So when he finally won his first title, we wanted to join with him in the celebration. Instead we talked with Capps and heard…
NHRA Las Vegas Funny Car Winner John Force has won 16 championships the last coming in 2013 at the age of 64. Force’s win Sunday in Las Vegas came at the expense of his daughter Courtney. His legendary excellence has been the subject of doctors who want to know why a man his age can…
Three-Time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Angelle Sampey returned to The Freak Nation after a LONG absence Sunday night. Sampey won the PSM championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002 long before her five-year-old daughter Ava was born. She was candid with The Freaks about returning to competition after retiring because Ava was getting old enough…
NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Points Leader Ron Capps is an OG in The Freak Nation. His appearance Sunday night was in the midst of his campaign for the Funny Car championship. He leads the points with three events left but the race is super close among his teammates including close friend Tommy Johnson, Jr.…
NHRA Reading Funny Car Winner Tommie Johnson, Jr. was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after a critical win in Pennsylvania. He’s been in the Final Rounds but didn’t get a win in the NHRA playoffs until this weekend. It moves him to within less than 30 points of the points lead. But his…
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