NASCAR Cup Series Fontana Winner Kyle Busch came into The Freak Nation right after his win in his second race with Richard Childress Racing. The win was also in a car wrapped with Lucas Oil livery, a rarity in NASCAR. Busch is the 2015 and 2019 Cup Series champion. His 61 Cup wins are most…
Supercross 450cc Texas Winner Cooper Webb talked with The Freaks this week before his win in Texas. Webb has two Supercross titles in 2019 and 2-21. His win Saturday, though, had some Freakish strings attached. He promised Kenny Sargent he’d give up his leather pants if he won the race. The deal is up to…
2023 Rolex 24 Winner Colin Braun came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his fourth win in the iconic race. This time he won overall with three other drivers including Tom Bloomquist, Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud, all part of the Meyer Shank Racing Team. They won in an incredibly fast Acura GTP Prototype.…
Styx Lead Singer Lawrence Gowan is another SpeedFreaks guest from the legendary band. Only this time Gowan talked about a number of things including the Styx residency at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and the Heavy Metal shows he’s enjoyed with his son. Gowan and The Freaks even put in perspective the band’s touring…
2023 Rolex 24 Pole Sitter Tom Blomquist came into The Freak Nation Sunday minutes after his fastest qualifying lap at Daytona International Speedway. Blomquist, did the lap in a Michael Shank Racing Acura GTP race car. It’s one of the newest GTP racers, the highly sophisticated race machines in IMSA, a rolling computer that will…
Author Crispian Besley did a deep dive into research that became Driven to Crime, True Stories of Wrong Doing in Motor Racing. These stories look at kidnapping, ponzi schemes and money laundering among other things. Besley introduces us to the criminals as well as their victims in some of the chapters. It was an incredible…
2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Champion Logan Seavey talked with Kenny Sargent minutes after his major win in the wee hours Sunday morning. Seavey drove for one of the legends in USAC Midget Racing, team owner Kevin Swindell to win the Chili Bowl preseneted by General Tires. But Seavey is most proud of winning…
Actor/ARCA Driver Frankie Muniz announced this week a full-time ARCA ride for 2023. Muniz raced open-wheel but had a bad accident and took 12 years off to recover and travel with an indie band playing drums all over the world. But after his son was born Muniz decided to get back into racing and he’s…
It was a difficult week in The Freak Nation. A Friend of the Freaks, Ken Block, died in a snow mobile accident in Utah near his Park City home. He was 55. Ken changed the way motorsports, indeed, all sports, are marketed. The co-founder of DC Shoes saw his videos viewed maybe a half billion…
2022 Formula Drift Runner-Up Matt Field came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to get on the couch about finishing second in points for the second straight season. The Lucas Oil Racing driver is one of the top competitors in Formula D. He was so close this season that he went into the last event…
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