NHRA Top Fuel driver Brittany Force was second at Phoenix Sunday. She came into The Freak Nation before the event to talk about her experiences in reality television and the ESPN The Magazine Body issue. She also talked about her legendary father and how he impacts her budding Top Fuel career. Force is one of…
NHRA Pomona Top Fuel Winner Leah Pritchett came into The Freak Nation Sunday night a few hours after her big win. Pritc hett is one of many woman in the NHRA who do more than look good. They win!! Events and Championships. What’s it like to beat the men in their own drag racing game?…
NHRA Top Fuel driver Tony Schumacher is one of the best to ever race in the category. He has a record 82 wins under his belt going into the 2017 season this weekend in Pomona. Those wins built eight championships in the category including six in a row from 2004-2009. But with all that behind…
Troy Coughlin, Jr. moves from the sportsmen and Pro Mod categories of drag racing to the fastest cars on the planet in 2017. Coughlin will be in a sub-four second Top Fuel dragster for Kalitta Motorsports for the entire season. Coughlin is the son of two-time Pro Mod champion Troy Sr. There are even people…
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Brainerd Top Fuel Winner Brittany Force called into The Freak Nation before she sat down to a celebratory dinner with his family and crew. Brittany’s third win of the season gives her a solid position in the NHRA playoff season that starts Labor Day weekend at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.…
NHRA Mello Yello Sonoma Top Fuel Winner JR. Todd is a longtime Friend of the Freaks but he hasn’t been in The Freak Nation recently. We love to talk with J.R. and his team owner Connie Kalitta. Hearing Todd talk about his team owner is special, especially when J.R. has what sounds like a great…
NHRA Mello Yello Chicago Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown interrupted his trip home Sunday night to call The Freak Nation and talk about his Chicago victory. It put him into the points lead halfway through the NHRA season. What surprised us, though, was the long string of success Antron’s had in the Top Fuel ranks.…
Eight-Time NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night. This time, though, he was beating the NHRA drum telling everyone that competition in the NHRA has a renewed intensity and that has created very close racing early in the drag racing season. Listen…
Eight-time NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher won his last championship in 2014. So he’s ready to reclaim what he believes is rightly his title. He did that like he normally does, with a military training regimin that befits his 18 year relationship with the U.S. Army. Tony is so committed to a…
NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel driver JR Todd was a career best second in the 2014 points chase. He was in the Countdown in 2015 with a win in Seattle. All of this raised Todd’s stature with a team sponsor. It put him on the road learning about the pavement industry. That’s in between some…
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