2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Rusty Wallace made some headlines the last time he was in The Freak Nation. The 1989 NASCAR champion was critical of comments from ESPN commentator Keith Olbermann. Olbermann and Wallace were on opposite sides of the drivers as athletes issue. That was news for a couple minutes. But Sunday…
The Freaks first met Jim Riley several years ago when he was an off-road sponsor with his Azunia Tequila brand. Riley, however, has grown into a driver in his own right. He helped found the Trophy Light class where he’s built a competitive machine to race against the guys he might even sponsor. Jim Riley…
General Tire Team GT driver C.J. Hutchins was teamed with Mike Childress in the 1500 Buggy Class at the Mint 400. But Hutchins gives nothing to anyone on the race course. He won the longest off-road race in the United States, The General Tire Vegas to Reno, in 2013. But in Las Vegas at the…
General Tire Off-Road Driver Jerry Zaiden surprised The Freaks Sunday night when he talked about how the off-road community is actually leaving the desert better off than it finds it. That’s a long way from the perception of many. Zaiden broke several stereotypes while talking about how he’ll attack next weekend’s Mint 400 after finishing…
NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger is fifth in points early in the 2015 Sprint Cup campaign. Allmendiner has been seventh and sixth in his last two races. This follows his 2014 win at The Glen. Allmendinger talked about all that’s going right with the season so far and how changes in his JTG Team have improved…
2014 RACER Magazine Driver of the Year Erica Enders-Stevens was nearly speechless Sunday Night even after several days of winning the prestigious title. The 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Champion had a great season last year winning the title even after sitting out two events in the campaign. Enders-Stevens told the Freaks how she…
Chicago Fire Defender/Midfielder Lovel Palmer is part of a television show involving Continental Tires and Lamborghini Race Cars. The show, Whatcha Got?, won’t air until the fall but Palmer is already sold on high performance driving and he’s making comparisons to Major League Soccer and international icons in the sport. Listen…
For the second straight race in 2015, NASCAR Sprint Cup star drivers have slammed into a wall during a race and suffered the consequences. At Atlanta Sunday Jeff Gordon and Denny Hamlin careened into a wall that wasn’t protected by SAFER Barriers and had to leave the race. At Daytona the week before Kyle Busch…
When people started talking about Alexis DeJoria and her NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car team they often connected her to her celebrity husband Jesse James or her father John Paul DeJoria, who Forbes magazine has ranked No. 568 on its 2014 list of the world’s billionaires, with a net worth estimated at $3.1 billion. But…
NHRA Mello Yello Phoenix Top Fuel winner Tony Schumacher got a big win Sunday over Doug Kalitta. It was another in a long line of wins for Schumacher over the Kalitta Camp. Tony also had some insight into why fans are crowding into the NHRA events and finding reasons to stay away from NASCAR in…
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