2023 FIA Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after an incredible debut at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Zetterstrom beat four-time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Steve Torrence. Zetterstrom went on to lose in a red light foul in the semi finals. Zetterstrom was a four-time winner…
Executive Vice President General Manager World Wide Technology Raceway Chris Blair was in The Freak Nation late Sunday night. In addition to giving The Freaks some background on Saturday night’s IndyCar race at WWTR. Blair also had some background on legendary dirt track racer Scott Bloomquist who Friday in a plane crash on his family’s…
2024 Knoxville Nationals Winner Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. We had a long chat before his win Saturday night at the Knoxville Nationals, one of the biggest Sprint Car events in the nation every year. There’s a growing conversation in the motor racing community that…
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winner Justin Ashley was in The Freak Nation Sunday night before next weekend’s Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Ashley was leading the points earlier in the season but he’s fourth now. He says it’s because the depth of the NHRA Top Fuel field that’s contributed to what’s turning into a battle…
2015, 2016 Chili Bowl Winner Rico Abreu tuned up for next weekend’s Knoxville Nationals by winning Lernerville’s 33rd Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. The California native had to survive a wild feature and had a little bit of luck last Tuesday. He pocketed $29,000 plus an additional $4000 from a fan promotion at the racetrack.…
2017–2019 Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series Pro Lite Champion Ryan Beat took a busman’s holiday to do some motocross riding recently. But a crash left him with broken bones everywhere especially in his pelvis and collarbone. But he kept racing and won the next weekend. Now, Beat is healing and preparing for next weekend’s Championship…
NASCAR Brickyard Winner Kyle Larson talked with the media hours after his important win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion is once again leading the regular season points as the playoffs draw closer. This in by Larson, though, is getting some scrutiny. Larson drove through the field to get to…
IndyCar Toronto Winner Colton Herta dominated on his way to the win leading 81 of 85 laps. Herta won the chaotic Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday for his first victory in more than two years, starting from the pole and maintaining control throughout. There were several crashes in the race but the worst came at…
2023 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Cole Custer announced this weekend his move to the NASCAR Cup Series next seaso. Custer was introduced on Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the driver of the new Cup organization fielded next season by Haas Factory Team and owned by Gene Haas. Custer will drive the No. 41 Ford with…
The Freaks Richie Rants on F1 after a controversial race Sunday in Hungary. The race was won by Oscar Piastri driving a McLaren. But his teammate Lando Norris was ordered by his McLaren team to pull over and give the win to Piastri with only three laps left. That and more triggered these rants from…
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