IndyCar Sunday Iowa Winner Will Power returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night a couple hours after his victory on the racetrack. Power is a Friend of The Freaks in addition to being a two-time IndyCar champion in 2014 and 2022 and the 2018 Indy 500 winner. Power held off points leader Alex Palou in…
IndyCar Saturday Iowa Winner Scott McLaughlin has said he will think of himself as an IndyCar driver when he wins an oval race. Well, that’s behind him now. His win in Iowa was dominant and important for the Penske Racing Team. Until this weekend, the most dominant Penske driver on ovals was Josef Newgarden who’s…
Indianapolis 500 Pole Sitter Scott McLaughlin won the pole with the fastest qualifying time in Indy 500 history. McLaughlin posted a four-lap qualifying average at 234.220 mph and will share the front with with Penske Racing teammates Will Power and Josef Newgarden making up the fastest front row in history. The front row lockout was…
IndyCar & IMSA Insider Marshall Pruett returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. Very little happens in American Open Wheel or sports car racing without Pruett knowing what’s behind the headline. He talked with The Freaks about IndyCar controversies and how they might be avoided going forward. He also talked about rewriting the rules to…
IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Josef Newgarden dominated the IndyCar season opener in Florida. He won the Pole and led the most laps. It was such a dominating win he admitted that team boss Roger Penske warned him to stay focused and not throw the car into a wall. Newgarden laughed at the suggestion but he…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Maybe 20 years ago I was sitting in a hauler with sports car legend Bob Snodgrass of Brumos Racing. I brought up the myth of sports car racing being a wine and cheese community. He laughed so hard, we had to pause for…
107th Indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden talked with Crash Gladys after his victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden’s win was his first at The 500. It came on a last lap pass in a controversial ending after a third Red Flag in the last 20 laps of the race. Listen…
IndyCar Texas Winner Josef Newgarden returned to the Freak Nation shortly after speaking with reporters after his dramatic last turn pass for the win at Texas Motor Speedway. The highlight of the conversation might be the “straight cash homie” he received from team boss Roger Penske. The win was the 600th for the remarkable Penske…
IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Scott McLaughlin was a three-time Australian Supercars Champion (2018, 2019, 2020) when he came to IndyCar last year. He learned his open-wheel lessons pretty well, though, proving it by dominating his first IndyCar race this year in St. Petersburg for his first win in the series. You’ll be surprised, though, what…
IMSA Laguna Seca Winner Dane Cameron is always welcome on Sunday nights. His win along with co-driver Juan Pablo Montoya moved the pair at the doorstep of the 2019 IMSA championship with one race to go in Atlanta. Cameron already has two titles but he’s battling for a third in his Penske Acura DPI. Cameron…
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