This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. There was a time when car makers promoted two World Rally Championship events in their showrooms to help sell cars. Always remember, car makers want to sell cars more than spend millions winning competition events. There was the East Africa Safari Rally in…
It was a difficult week in The Freak Nation. A Friend of the Freaks, Ken Block, died in a snow mobile accident in Utah near his Park City home. He was 55. Ken changed the way motorsports, indeed, all sports, are marketed. The co-founder of DC Shoes saw his videos viewed maybe a half billion…
2014 & 2015 World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg & Son Oliver took time from a busy WRC season to talk with The Freaks last February. Petter won the WRC title in 2003 and Oliver is stepping to the plate now finishing 12th in the 2022 points without running a third of the events. The two…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We hear so much about electrification as the motor sports industry tries to paint itself green. But this week the World Motor Sport Council approved a three year agreement with a racing fuel company that’s produced a fossil-free hydrocarbon-based racing fuel. P1 Racing…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Rallying’s dramatic craziness was on full display Sunday in the Croatia Rally. The cars were on their way to start the final day. But while on the untimed transit road section, seven-time champion Sebastian Ogier was involved in an accident while changing lanes…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Hyundai, M-Sport Ford and Toyota say they’re all in next year when the World Rally Championship embraces hybrid technology. The three-year program means the top tier cars will mix an electric motor and the current combustion engine. The cars will be heavier but…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Winning in motor racing might be the hardest thing to do in sport. Look at British rally driver Elfyn Evans who was cruising to his first World Rally Championship when he slid off the road Saturday in the Italian Alps at Rally Monza.…
WRC & WRX Champion Petter Solberg revisited The Freak Nation Sunday night after runing in the Legends sim race Saturday. Solberg won the 2003 WRC title and the 2014 and 2015 World Ralycross titles. So he’s one of the great driver in history. But he had to work on his skills in sim racing and…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. We’re remembering Women’s History Month here in the U.S. but let me take a minute to remember French rally driver Michele Mouton. In 1982 Mouton won three of 12 events and finished runner-up in the world rally driver’s championship. Her efforts helped Audi…
This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. The world rally community got a chance to see legends go head-to-head in Mexico this weekend. Nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb made his World Rally Championship return after a five year absence. His challenge was five time champion Sebastien Ogier who took over the…
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