For 24 years now The Freaks have looked back on the motorsports year and picked out drivers, races, stories and, even, Freakish things that have happened in racing. This year, 2024, is no different. Kenny Sargent, Crash Gladys, Statt Mann and Richie Flores look back on the racing year and pick out the Freak things…
NHRA Drag Racing Champions Ron Capps and Gary Scelzi Share Memories with The Statt Mann and The Freaks. Ron Capps won the NHRA Funny Car championship in 2016, 2021 and 2022, the last coming in his first year as a team owner. Scelzi went on to win three Top Fuel championships. Scelzi unseated the John…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I met Malcolm Smith way back in 1975 when he won an event I helped organize, the Mojave 24 Hour Rally out of Big Bear Lake, California. He was in a loud, weirdly fast Mazda rotary pickup. We stayed in contact until one…
2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. Then he talked with The Freak Nation a couple days later after he’d had time to think about the historic title. Brown is now ahead of NHRA legends Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Larry Dixon, Gary Scekzi and, even, his teammate Angelle Sampey…
2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. This title moves him ahead of legendary Top Fuel Champions Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney who won three each. One of the key people who was there for each of Antron’s titles in 2012, 2015, 2016 and, now, 2024 has been former…
2024 NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson returned to The Freak Nation minutes after his sixth championship tying him with his former boss Warren Johnson and current driver Erica Enders. Anderson won three straight titles from 2003 to 2005 then returned with championships in 2010 and 2021. Now 2024 is on his resume. Anderson stepped…
NASCAR President Steve Phelps & Chief Operating Officer Steve O’Donnell annually talk with the media before the last race of the season. This year the State of NASCAR news conference was in Phoenix. Three particular issues of importance were television ratings, officiating during races and expanding the number of automakers who may be negotiating to…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. So Roger Penske Entertainment owns The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. That’s America’s Monaco ever since it was born in 1975. The 50th anniversary is next April. Penske Entertainment already owns the IndyCar series. And controls its two biggest events: The Indy…
2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano talked with media for a long time after winning the title at Phoenix Raceway Sunday evening. Logano was candid in his conversation including his comments about the playoffs. Many on social media was dismissive of Logano after statistics showed his average finishes on the season were 17.1. Logano…
NASCAR Team Owner & Racing Legend Roger Penske talked with the media after his driver Joey Logano won the Cup championship. Second on the 2024 season was another Penske Racing driver Ryan Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion. The title this year is Penske’s third straight championship, a level of success he didn’t enjoy when he…
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