NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett stepped out of her dragster this season to start a family. Now she finds herself cheering for her husband Tony Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion in his first full-time season in Top Fuel. Stewart’s made the NHRA playoffs driving Pruett’s car. Now Pruett must teach Tony enough to get…
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Brainerd Pro Stock Winner Dallas Glenn is getting ready for the Super Bowl of drag racing at the U.S. Nationals next weekend. Glenn leads the NHRA Pro Stock points over his teammate Greg Anderson. Glenn is careful though. He was in a similar position last year entering the NHRA playoffs when…
2023 FIA Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after an incredible debut at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Zetterstrom beat four-time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Steve Torrence. Zetterstrom went on to lose in a red light foul in the semi finals. Zetterstrom was a four-time winner…
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winner Justin Ashley was in The Freak Nation Sunday night before next weekend’s Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Ashley was leading the points earlier in the season but he’s fourth now. He says it’s because the depth of the NHRA Top Fuel field that’s contributed to what’s turning into a battle…
This 2006 Flashback with Kenny & Brandon Bernstein. The six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein has two in Top Fuel and four consecutive in Funny Car. Bernstein holds the unique distinction of being the first and only race team owner to have collected wins in each of America’s three major motorsports series: NHRA, NASCAR and CART.…
NHRA Chicago Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown is a special Friend of the Freaks. His win in Chicago was his 75th including a brilliant career on Pro Stock Motorcycles. So, it was great to share Sunday’s win with him as he was driving back to Indianapolis from Chicago. Brown said he left his crew partying…
NHRA Charlotte 4-Wide Nationals Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan returned to The Freak Nation after his first win of the season. It was an important win for Hagan, his 50th in a very successful career. Hagan is known for his brutal workout and his incredible conditioning. But his new team at Tony Stewart Racing and…
NHRA Pro Stock Las Vegas 4-Wide Winner Jeg Coughlin was rushing to the airport to catch a plane when he stopped to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. Coughlin has won in NHRA Pro Stock titles in 2000, 2002, 2007-08 and 2013 with 65 Pro Stock victories. But the win Sunday was his first since…
Tony Stewart Racing Team Owner Tony Stewart is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. Stewart is a four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, winning two as a driver (2002, 2005), one as owner/driver (2011), and one as an owner (2014). Last year he won an NHRA title as the owner of Matt Hagan’s Funny Car. Now…
NHRA Phoenix Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. He returned Sunday night with some satisfaction at winning on the day his fellow Hendrick Motorsports drivers won in NASCAR. Anderson is a drag racing but he has a close relationship with the NASCAR side of things at Hendrick Motorsports. He…
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