Indy Light St. Petersburg winner Zach Veach started his second season in the series with an important win. Veach is a longtime Friend of the Freaks who has nearly grown up in The Freak Nation. We love to talk with the teenager who has ties to racing as well as Oprah Winfrey. Zach prepared for…
Will Power won the IndyCar opener at St. Petersburg Sunday but he had to overcome some controversy that interrupted his celebrating. Some of it came from a close friend Helio Castroneves. Some of it came from others in the field who questioned the way Power led the field away from a restart. But Power dominated…
In the off-road world many think the trucks are the darlings of the races. Pro Buggy driver Dave Mason, Jr. begs to differ with that opinion. Mason believes the buggies are the hardest to drive and the competition is the closest on any given weekend. Mason is a quiet personality but he becomes something else…
Loan-Mart off-road racing driver Ryan Beat ran three classes last year from Pro Lite to Pro 2 to Pro 4 but this year he’s concentrating on one category and he’s doubled down on running his own team. Beat said he likes the idea of making his own decisions and running his own Pro Lite team.…
It’s rare that you get a driver to regularly drive a Monster Truck and off-road Pro 4 truck in the same beason. Todd LeDuc does it on the same weekend, even the same day as he did more than once this weekend. But LeDuc is not your average Freak! Off-road racing is the Le Duc…
Loan-Mart/Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series driver R.J. Anderson is becoming a real Friend of The Freaks. He’s been on the show several times and always brings some great attitude and conversation. This weekend, though, he brought The Freaks to his pits at the LOORRS opener in Chandler, Arizona. Anderson proved to be a great a…
Mikey Childress (and, yes, he’s a distant cousin to NASCAR owner Richard Childress) has won the Mint 400 on a motorcycle but he has problems Saturday in his Class 1500 buggy. Childress and team owner Travis Chase visited with The Freaks Friday before the Mint 400 started. They were part of the General Tire Mint…
2014 NHRA Gainesville Funny Car winner Robert Hight got the 30th victory of his brilliant career Sunday. That ties him with legendary driver Kenny Bernstein and put his right behind names like Don Prudhomme and Cruz Pedregon. Hight is part of the John Force Racing stable. His win, though, hasn’t deterred him from his goal,…
R.J. Anderson is a regular visitor to The Freak Nation. His visit Sunday night was a week before he takes off to do some off-road racing in Dubai. It’s a crazy trip where he’ll spend more than a week doing more than competition, obviously. Anderson also is part of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series…
2014 Sebring 13 Hour winner Marino Franchitti closed the deal Saturday night getting the Sebring victory for team owner Chip Ganassi and his teammates Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas. Curious thing, though, Franchitti doesn’t have a job this year and he returns to the UK where he’ll continue looking for work. This time with a…
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