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NASCAR 23Xi Team Co-Owner Denny Hamlin talked with Crash Gladys this week. In addition to the NASCAR playoffs that started Sunday in Atlanta, Hamlin gave a lot of background on the charter talks that continue to be a source of controversy in that industry. Hamlin drives for Gibbs Racing but he's co-owner of 23Xi Racing, one of two teams that hasn't signed what NASCAR says is it's last offer in the...

Big Machine Record Label Owner Scott Borchetta came into The Freak Nation Sunday night. We had a lengthy conversation with Borchetta who also owns the Nashville Grand Prix, IndyCar's last race of the season next weekend. Borchetta has had lengthy conversations with IndyCar officials. He says he has some ideas that could help turn the series around financially. He shared some details on those unoff...

Guests: Six-Time Drag Boat Racing Champion Shelby Ebert, NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett, The Freaks Take on The IndyCar Championship with Alex Palou and Will Power

The Freaks Take on the IndyCar Championship with Alex Palou and Will Power. The battle came down to a dramatic race last Sunday in Milwaukee. We got exclusive comments from Palou and Power as they head to Nashville separated by 33 points. Palou is looking to repeat his 2023 title. The 2024 crown would be his third overall in the sport. But Power has knocked 26 points off Palou's lead since going t...

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett stepped out of her dragster this season to start a family. Now she finds herself cheering for her husband Tony Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion in his first full-time season in Top Fuel. Stewart's made the NHRA playoffs driving Pruett's car. Now Pruett must teach Tony enough to get him as close to the championship as possible. Listen...

Shelby Ebert is the Fastest Woman on Water. But she flowed down a bit to talk with Kenny Sargent this weekend in the Kentucky Drag Boat Nationals. Speed boat racing is in the Ebert family. “My dad has been racing boats for more than 30 years,” Ebert said. “When I was a kid, I told my parents that I wanted to race, too. I started racing jet skis when I was 14 and then made my way through the classe...

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 08/25/2024 by SpeedFreaks

Trans-Am Watkins Glen Winner Christopher Dyson stopped roadside in upstate New York to talk with The Freak Nation Sunday night. The three-time Trans Am champion Dyson dominated at The Glen winning the Pole in record time and leading from flag to flag in Saturday's race on MAVTV. This was Dyson’s second win of the 2024 season and third-career victory at Watkins Glen. He is fourth on the all-time Tr...

NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Brainerd Pro Stock Winner Dallas Glenn is getting ready for the Super Bowl of drag racing at the U.S. Nationals next weekend. Glenn leads the NHRA Pro Stock points over his teammate Greg Anderson. Glenn is careful though. He was in a similar position last year entering the NHRA playoffs when his season collapsed and he finished sixth on the year. Obviously Glenn doesn't wa...

Three-Time Crandon Champion Keegan Kincaid returned to The Freak Nation before next week's Labor Day race at the Wisconsin track. Crandon International Off-Road Raceway has become the most important event in short course off-road racing. And Kincaid is among the favored drivers to win the event even though he no longer races full-time in off-road. He explains... Listen...

Guests: 2023 FIA Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom, ARCA Springfield Mile Winner William Sawalich, Executive Vice President General Manager World Wide Technology Raceway Chris Blair

ARCA Springfield Mile Winner William Sawalich talked with The Freaks before his win Saturday. Sawalich is the 2023 ARCA East champion driving a Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has nine wins and 13 poles in 17 races since last season. At 17, Sawalich is a first-generation racecar driver from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Perfect execution from Sawalich on a one-lap shootout at the Springfield Mile...

2023 FIA Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after an incredible debut at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Zetterstrom beat four-time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Steve Torrence. Zetterstrom went on to lose in a red light foul in the semi finals. Zetterstrom was a four-time winner last season and holds both ends of the FIA Top Fuel record. She's...

Executive Vice President General Manager World Wide Technology Raceway Chris Blair was in The Freak Nation late Sunday night. In addition to giving The Freaks some background on Saturday night's IndyCar race at WWTR. Blair also had some background on legendary dirt track racer Scott Bloomquist who Friday in a plane crash on his family's farm in Mooresburg, Tennessee. He was 60. Bloomquist is consi...

Guests: 2024 Knoxville Nationals Winner Kyle Larson, NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winner Justin Ashley

2024 Knoxville Nationals Winner Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. We had a long chat before his win Saturday night at the Knoxville Nationals, one of the biggest Sprint Car events in the nation every year. There's a growing conversation in the motor racing community that Kyle Larson is the greatest driver ever. You decide? Listen...

NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winner Justin Ashley was in The Freak Nation Sunday night before next weekend's Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Ashley was leading the points earlier in the season but he's fourth now. He says it's because the depth of the NHRA Top Fuel field that's contributed to what's turning into a battle for the rest of the season. Ashley has won demonstration events put o...

Guests: 2015, 2016 Chili Bowl Winner Rico Abreu, 2017–2019 Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series Pro Lite Champion Ryan Beat

2015, 2016 Chili Bowl Winner Rico Abreu tuned up for next weekend's Knoxville Nationals by winning Lernerville's 33rd Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup. The California native had to survive a wild feature and had a little bit of luck last Tuesday. He pocketed $29,000 plus an additional $4000 from a fan promotion at the racetrack. Now Abreu is getting his money ready to compete for a win at Knoxville,...

2017–2019 Lucas Oil OffRoad Racing Series Pro Lite Champion Ryan Beat took a busman's holiday to do some motocross riding recently. But a crash left him with broken bones everywhere especially in his pelvis and collarbone. But he kept racing and won the next weekend. Now, Beat is healing and preparing for next weekend's Championship Off-Road Series in Bark River, Michigan. And the biggest event of...

Guests: NASCAR Brickyard Winner Kyle Larson, IndyCar Toronto Winner Colton Herta, 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Cole Custer, The Freaks Richie Rants on F1, The Statt Mann on STEM

NASCAR Brickyard Winner Kyle Larson talked with the media hours after his important win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion is once again leading the regular season points as the playoffs draw closer. This in by Larson, though, is getting some scrutiny. Larson drove through the field to get to a point where he could compete for the win. But a late race restart a...

IndyCar Toronto Winner Colton Herta dominated on his way to the win leading 81 of 85 laps. Herta won the chaotic Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday for his first victory in more than two years, starting from the pole and maintaining control throughout. There were several crashes in the race but the worst came at the end causing a red flag. The 24-year-old American completed the first weekend sweep in In...

2023 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Cole Custer announced this weekend his move to the NASCAR Cup Series next season. Custer was introduced on Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the driver of the new Cup organization fielded next season by Haas Factory Team and owned by Gene Haas. Custer will drive the No. 41 Ford with sponsorship from Haas Automation and HaasTooling.com. The organization will ha...

The Freaks Richie Rants on F1 after a controversial race Sunday in Hungary. The race was won by Oscar Piastri driving a McLaren. But his teammate Lando Norris was ordered by his McLaren team to pull over and give the win to Piastri with only three laps left. That and more triggered these rants from Freaks co-host and strong F1 fan Richie Flores. He let his passion for the sport and Sunday's race d...