This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. First a disclaimer: I love IMSA sports car racing. But with that said, I can see some thinning of the herd in IMSA. A new tire sponsor coming in 2019 will probably raise costs sending more teams to less expensive sports car programs…
Patrick Long is one of the most successful sports car drivers in the world. He won a World Challenge title in 2011. He’s won three ALMS class championships in 2005, 2009 and 2010. He also has two class win s at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2004 and 2007. He’s the only American among…
2016 World Challenge champion Alvaro Parente is off to a great start in 2017. The McLaren factory driver has won two of three races in St. Pete and Long Beach and appears headed for a season long battle with Patrick Long, a factory driver for Porsche. Parente is from Portugal but he’s happy to be…
Four-Time World Challenge Champion Johnny O’Connell (2012-2015) is one of the most successful GT drivers in U.S. history. His wins have come in Le Mans, Sebring and anywhere in the World Challenge series. He was in The Freak Nation Sunday Night to talk about the World Challenge stop at the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend.…
Le Mans winner and American Le Mans Series champion Patrick Long first came into The Freak Nation when he was a teenager before all those championship wins. Now, though, he’s a veteran driver and the only American who’s on the Porsche lineup of factory drivers. This year, in fact, he’ll be on the road far…
Michael Lewis is a double winner in the World Challenge series. And having a resume that includes European Formula 3 and a Formula 1 test gives him some great opening pick-up lines for meeting women. So, the Freaks wanted to know if those lines work. Michael takes us to that reality and also tells us…
COTA World Challenge Podium finisher Jon Fogarty is leading the charge in the World Challenge series for Bob Stallings’ Gainsco Racing. This time, though, instead of winning titles in an IMSA Prototype, Fogarty is in an exotic McLaren GT machine that he took to a third place Sunday at Circuit of the Americas. Fogarty is…
Johnny O’Connell survived a bumpy World Challenge finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Sunday to win his fourth straight GT championship. O’Connell had to learn a new car from his Cadillac Racing team plus overcome some teething issues earlier in the season to get his championship. He also had to overcome some aggressive driving from…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For generations Americans have fought the idea of international rules for our motor racing. Well, that’s changing of late. GT3 rules are taking over in American sports car racing. GT3 is based on production cars with common wings, wheels and fender flares not…
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