NHRA Mello Yello Denver Funny Car Winner John Force stepped up to the plate and hit a home run on live network TV. FOX TV took the Denver race off of cable TV and showed the events live. That spotlight was perfect for 16-time Funny Car champion John Force. It was his first win of…
NHRA Mello Yello Denver Top Fuel Winner Tony Schumacher called on his championship experience to get his win Sunday at mile-high Bandimere Speedway outside Denver. Schumacher didn’t qualify well to he had to race against some of the fastest cars in the sport to get his win. But Tony must have been hungry after the…
IMSA Lime Rock GTD Winner Andy Lally is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. Andy’s one of the nation’s most visible vegan athletes. Sports car racing championships will do that for you. So will an expertise in mixed martial arts. Andy is all that and more. His win Saturday moves him to second in the…
NHRA Mello Yello Chicago Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown interrupted his trip home Sunday night to call The Freak Nation and talk about his Chicago victory. It put him into the points lead halfway through the NHRA season. What surprised us, though, was the long string of success Antron’s had in the Top Fuel ranks.…
IndyCar Iowa Winner Josef Newgarden had a busy night Sunday night telling the world how he managed to dominate the Iowa Con 300 leading 282 laps in the race, an IndyCar record. The number surprised him, though. And he was quick to point to his team and the dominant car he was given for the…
William Clyde “Chase” Elliott as in The Freak Nation last week talking about what he’s learned in his rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. At 20 Elliott is one of the youngest in the Cup field but his name (he’s the son of former champion Bill Elliott) and his car number (he’s in…
The Freaks this week continued looking back on 16 years of The Freak Nation. On the July 4th weekend we pulled some of our favorite interviews out to share with you. That includes a visit with Cultural Icon EVel Knievel recorded shortly before he died in November of 2007. For all The Freaks, the evening…
One of The Freaks favorite guests is 16-time Funny Car champion John Force. Nearly from the beginning, John has lent his support to The Freaks and this conversation was no different. You can’t ask for anything better than an off-the-cuff conversation with Force. It might go anywhere! And this is an example of just that.…
Racing legend Jack Roush is one of the most important personalities in motor racing. And he’s a Freak Favorite making him that much more important! We talked with Jack several times during our 16 years. And every time he came into The Freak Nation he had a great story to tell, usually something from his…
Ken Jordan founded The Crystal Method electronic music duo with Scott Kirkland. But is stardom with TCM didn’t dampen his love of motorsports. Jordan brought his love of racing into The Freak Nation in 2008 and we’ve never forgotten his visit to the Lucas Oil Studios. We learned Ken isn’t a pretender. He knows his…
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