Tony Stewart Racing Team Owner Tony Stewart is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. Stewart is a four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, winning two as a driver (2002, 2005), one as owner/driver (2011), and one as an owner (2014). Last year he won an NHRA title as the owner of Matt Hagan’s Funny Car. Now…
NHRA Top Fuel Pomona Final Round Contender Justin Ashley returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. His final round matchup with eight-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher will have to wait two weeks until the series stops in Phoenix. Rain and hale washed out the Final Round action at the Lucas Oil Winternationals in…
2017 & 2022 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Brittany Force was in Phoenix this week to help promote the NHRA’s return to Firebird Raceway outside the city. Force is a two-time champion and a woman who is ready to bang that drum advancing Women in Motorsports especially in drag racing. Brittany talked about the young girls…
2023 NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagen led the Tony Stewart Racing crew into The Freak Nation at PRI. But Tony Stewart and his wife and Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett had several headline making responses in the fun conversation. Included is word that Stewart will drive Pruett’s dragster in the fastest category in drag…
Three-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his titles in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He won the biggest weekend in NHRA drag racing, the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, for the second straight year in 2023. As of the end of the season, Brown had 74 NHRA wins to go along with a second year…
Six-time 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Winner Justin Ashley returned to The Freak Nation while working the aisles at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Ashley’s six wins had him the points leader heading into the final six-race Countdown to the Championship. But the momentum stopped and Ashley finished fourth in the final points standings. It was…
NHRA Texas Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan & Top Fuel Winner Leah Pruett closed out Sunday night with some history for Tony Stewart Racing. It was the first double winning weekend for the team that is only in its second year. Hagan is third in the Funny Car standings with only two events left in…
NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Top Fuel Winner Clay Millican is another longtime Friend of the Freaks. It was great to visit with him after his victory last weekend. Millican drives for Rick Ware Racing, a team with entries in NASCAR, NHRA and other forms of motorsports. Millican says there are similarities to all the racing…
NHRA Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta stayed undefeated in the NHRA playoffs, picking up his second straight win on Sunday in Charlotte. He’s now in the points lead for the first time in three years. NHRA Reading Top Fuel Winner Doug Kalitta checked several special boxes off his career list when he won at Reading…
2012, 2015 & 2016 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown is a special Friend of the Freaks. We always love his energy and candor. But we also found his engaging as a host for NHRA Hall of Fame member Kenny Bernstein. Kenny and Crash talked with Antron in Denver just after The King of Speed…
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