2016 IndyCar Champion Simon Pagenaud, winner of the 2019 Indy 500, is a long time Friend of the Freaks. So Simon’s visit was well accepted and enjoyed. While Pagenaud talked fun in the racing off-season he had some sadness at not being able to spend Christmas at home in Paris for the first time in…
2020 Rolex 24 Winner Ryan Briscoe came into The Freak Nation Sunday night wondering how he was going to distribute his third Rolex watch into his family of four people. Briscoe is a regular in The Freak Nation with his wins in IndyCar and his success in sports car racing including his win Sunday with…
IMSA/F1 Driver Felipe Nasr is one of several international drivers who are leaving F1 and FIA sports car racing to come to the United States and race in IMSA full-time. For years they’d come to the Rolex 24 at Daytona when nothing else was going on globally. But now they’re coming to race here full…
2015 Daytona 24 Hours winners Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray are expanding their NASCAR faces further into the world of sports car racing. The win on Continental Tires Sunday in Daytona brings a new Rolex watch to both their wrists. But even larger is what this win does to their resumes, their experience behind the…
Chip Ganassi won his sixth Daytona 24 Hours race Sunday in a dramatic closing stint by three-time Indy Car champion Scott Pruett. Ganassi, a long-time Friend of the Freaks stepped from the podium in the Daytona Media Center right into The Freak Nation/Continental Tire Garage and he chilled a bit to talk about the victory.
The Freaks love Jordan Taylor. He’s young enough to make great music videos. He’s young enough to write his own music and attract the attention of a major music producer. He’s young enough to win Tudor United Sportscar races. And he was once young enough to attract the attention of Daytona International Speedway cops who…
Ozz Negri and his new Honda powered Ligier from Michael Shank Racing led the field to the green flag at the Daytona 24 Hours. Negri won the pole as the top qualifier at the classic race. It’s a special “win” for Michael Shank Racing. The team moved over to Honda power after years of running…
The most successful sports car driver in America, Scott Pruett, came into The Continental Tire Freak Nation Saturday after his first stint at the Daytona 24 Hours. Pruett seemed relaxed but he was quick to comment on the wild driving he witnessed at Daytona. But he also was quick to talk about his passion (besides…
Joao Barbosa is the defending prototype champion in the Tudor United Sportscar Championship plus his Action Express team launched into that title winning last year’s Daytona 24 Hours. So when he got out of the Action Express Corvette this year we were quick to talk with him. We were especially interested in the qild shoes…
Wayne Taylor Racing’s Ricky Taylor stopped by The Freak Nation minutes after he emerged from his Corvette DP He double stinted his first time in the car Saturday before giving it over to his brother Jordan Taylor. But the WTR team did some slight of thumb drive magic on their prototype that proved to be…
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