This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Brings a smile to even think I’m commenting on this. I wasn’t a Flintstones or Jetsons fan when I was growing up. Don’t know why. And it’s really not important. The characters and story lines just didn’t interest me. But there is a…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit… In the nearly 22 years of The Freak Nation we’ve been all over the map with our technology. There were times when we had to endure one station and one mic between the group of us. But this week we could bask in…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Hyundai, M-Sport Ford and Toyota say they’re all in next year when the World Rally Championship embraces hybrid technology. The three-year program means the top tier cars will mix an electric motor and the current combustion engine. The cars will be heavier but…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. If you’re in The Freak Nation you might have something in common with America’s new president whether you voted for him or not. During Joe Biden’s campaign last year he talked about a 200 mile an hour electric Corvette coming in the pipeline.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s been a painful week in America. We’re asking questions about our relationships with government and law enforcement. We may need to change America to find those answers. There’s some reality though: the SpaceX historic flight to the International Space Station. The wonderful…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m not qualified for a book review but I am qualified to know what I like. Neal Bascomb’s book “Faster” is just that. Not enough is done to explore motorsports history especially details about racing’s bed partner, politics. Faster is a David and…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I love it when people think outside the box. Refusing to think outside the box may be a reason why so many Americans are quarantined inside a social box now. But I saw some outside the box thinking today while watching CBS Sunday…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m not sure I understand all the drawing board rules of the new world sports car category for what’s called hypercars. But I do understand that hypercars will expand hybrid technology, electrification and production-based machines at the top of world sports car racing.…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some thoughts on Saturday’s 12 hours of Sebring. A great weekend! An eight-hour World Endurance Championship race on Friday and the IMSA Sebring 12 Hour on Saturday. We need more weekends like that. Eleven drivers did both races. Just a great show. My…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. It’s disappointing to learn that the World Rally Championship has pushed hybrid and electric technology at least five years down the road. Automakers say they were promised five years of stability with the current regulations first. I hope that’s not just something to…
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