2017 & 2022 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Brittany Force was in Phoenix this week to help promote the NHRA’s return to Firebird Raceway outside the city. Force is a two-time champion and a woman who is ready to bang that drum advancing Women in Motorsports especially in drag racing. Brittany talked about the young girls…
PRO Superstar Shootout Funny Car Winner Austin Prock made his first run in Robert Hight’s race car a special one, winning the highly successful PRO Superstar Shootout Saturday night. The event was put on by the Professional Racer Organization or PRO, that was founded in 1991 to represent teams and drivers to the National Hot…
2023 MHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Julie Nataas visited with The Freaks at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Julie is still getting used to the idea of being a drag racing champion. Apparently so are the sponsors. She’s disappointed she’s not getting some call backs from sponsors she wants to bring into the sport. But…
2023 NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagen led the Tony Stewart Racing crew into The Freak Nation at PRI. But Tony Stewart and his wife and Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett had several headline making responses in the fun conversation. Included is word that Stewart will drive Pruett’s dragster in the fastest category in drag…
Three-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his titles in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He won the biggest weekend in NHRA drag racing, the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, for the second straight year in 2023. As of the end of the season, Brown had 74 NHRA wins to go along with a second year…
Six-time 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Winner Justin Ashley returned to The Freak Nation while working the aisles at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Ashley’s six wins had him the points leader heading into the final six-race Countdown to the Championship. But the momentum stopped and Ashley finished fourth in the final points standings. It was…
2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso had another strong regular season in 2023. She won a race in Phoenix and won the NHRA Pro Stock Call-Out races, a prestige win without points toward the championship. But the strong showing for her team brought on a full season sponsorship from Tequila Comisario that came…
2023 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Doug Kalitta won his title in Pomona after six years of finishing runner-up in the category. But, now, Kalitta is the King of the Hill in the fastest class in all motorsport. Doug is a long time Friend of the Freaks so it was especially great to congratulate a friend…
NHRA Las Vegas Funny Car Winner Robert Hight returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night just after beating Bob Tasca in the final at the Nevada Nationals. Only 17 points separate Matt Hagan, Tasca and Hight, the top three in the points standing going into the final event in Pomona in two weeks. The win…
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Rider Angie Smith is recovering from a wicked accident at Worldwide Technology Raceway outside St. Louis four weekends ago. Among other things she broke eight of her toes and required skin grafts, all of which she’s recovering from now. The description of the accident is terrifying to hear. And the recovery…
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