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IndyCar Long Beach Winner Scott Dixon, a longtime Friend of the Freaks, came into The Freak Nation Sunday just a couple hours after his win. Dixon is now a two-time Long Beach winner and he's jumped to second in the 2024 points standings just eight points out of first behind Josef Newgarden after two events. Dixon's win was dramatic after he nursed his disappearing fuel supply into victory lane ah...

NASCAR Talladega Xfinity Winner Jesse Love got his first win at RCR Racing. Love's win allowed him to move up one place to fourth in the points standings. He's been competitive all season with four stage wins but he's just moving into victory lane. He talked with Kenny Sargent at Talladega and Sargent was able to share video with Jesse showing his crew celebrating the moment he crossed the finish...

IMSA Long Beach Winner Ringer van der Zande talked with Crash Gladys Sunday. His win Saturday came with Sebastian Bourdais who was unavailable to talk on Sunday because of some coaching duties in Long Beach. Sunday's win with Scott Dixon, in fact, allowed Ganassi Racing to double up on the victories in Long Beach. Renger is growing on The Freaks. He has a wonderfully candid conversational style an...

NASCAR Talladega Cup Pole Sitter Michael McDowell probably should have won the Cup Race Sunday but his weaving back and forth to block the closing field of cars saw him lose control and crash within sight of the finish line. McDowell led the most laps and arguably had the fastest car in the race but that's not enough to win many times. And Sunday was one of those times. Listen...

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 04/14/2024 by SpeedFreaks

NASCAR Texas Cup Winner Chase Elliott came into The Freak Nation a couple hours after his win Sunday. Elliott won the Cup Series championship in 2020. He's also won the Most Popular Driver title six times. But this is Elliott's first Cup Series win in 42 races. Needless to say he was relieved to get the win in Texas. Still, getting home was turning out to be a problem. Listen...

NHRA Pro Stock Las Vegas 4-Wide Winner Jeg Coughlin was rushing to the airport to catch a plane when he stopped to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. Coughlin has won in NHRA Pro Stock titles in 2000, 2002, 2007-08 and 2013 with 65 Pro Stock victories. But the win Sunday was his first since 2020 when he retired after the season. But Coughlin ran a couple events last year, enjoyed it, and decided t...

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 Stewart has stepped into the Top Fuel dragster nearly driven to a World Championship last year by hi...

Chase Elliott Crew Chief Alan Gustafson followed Elliott into The Freak Nation Sunday night. Gustafson has a unique perspective on drivers. He hears them at their worst, their best and when their concentration can drift in the middle of a race. His perspective on drivers was unique for The Freak Nation, especially his insight into NASCAR's most popular driver. Listen...

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 04/07/2024 by SpeedFreaks

NASCAR Martinsville Cup Winner William Byron talked with Crash Gladys at Martinsville this week. In fact, the conversation is another example of The Freaks Mojo! Byron doesn't have a reputation for a big personality but he's confident in his own personality especially when he's away from the racetrack. He considers the track his work place where there's very little time for relaxation and games. L...

Co-Owner Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon talked to reporters Sunday night after Hendrick cars finished 1-2-3 at Martinsville Motor Speedway, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Rick Hendrick's first team win. Geoff Bodine got that win, nearly promising the victory to Rick Hendrick who didn't want to go to the race. Gordon drove for Rick Hendrick and won four NASCAR Cup Championships in 1995, 1997...

NHRA Phoenix Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. He returned Sunday night with some satisfaction at winning on the day his fellow Hendrick Motorsports drivers won in NASCAR. Anderson is a drag racing but he has a close relationship with the NASCAR side of things at Hendrick Motorsports. He talked about that and a trip he's making to the Southern California desert for...

IndyCar Drivers Rinus Veekay & Christian Lundgaard talked with The Freaks about testing the new IndyCar Hybrid System. They were among teams testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last month, weeks and weeks after other teams already had access to the new technology. IndyCar would like to introduce the system to the series at mid-season after the Indy 500 in May. There are many drivers in the seri...

2023 ARCA Menards Series Champion Jesse Love is driving in the Xfinity Series now for Richard Childress Racing. Love was the first rookie driver to win the Top Qualifier position in his first two NASCAR races. But Love is working hard building his tool box for racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. And that includes helpful suggestions from teammates at RCR including Xfinity driver Austin Hill. List...

Guests: NASCAR COTA Xfinity Winner Kyle Larson, NHRA Top Fuel Pomona Final Round Contender Justin Ashley, NASCAR Las Vegas Truck Winner Rajah Caruth, The Freaks on Chase Elliott

NASCAR COTA Xfinity Winner Kyle Larson returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He led the only important lap in the NASCAR Xfinity race at Cota: the last one! Larson is becoming a Favorite Friend of The Freaks. The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion races whenever he can and that's given him a special lifestyle for Kyle and his family. But it's also given him some concern about being away from his...

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 Pomona Sunday. Ashley sat in his car in the Pomona parking lot to talk wit...

The Freaks on Chase Elliott Sunday night included a sound bite from former NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace. Wallace talked about how some older NASCAR fans are leaving the sport after their favorite driver including Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart left the sport. Wallace, however, pointed out that the current Most Popular Driver in NASCAR, Chase Elliott, is a link to that generation of driver through...

NASCAR Las Vegas Truck Winner Rajah Caruth finally got a chance to share his win with The Freaks. Caruth is big on family and talked about a long planned visit to Disneyland after his Las Vegas win. He also talked about his growing confidence and the confidence legendary team owner Rick Hendrick is showing to Caruth this season. Caruth also talked about the movie that got him committed to racing:...

Guests: NASCAR Phoenix Winner Christopher Bell, IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Josef Newgarden, NHRA Gainesville Funny Car Winner J.R. Todd, NASCAR Atlanta Winner Daniel Suarez

NASCAR Phoenix Winner Christopher Bell returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. And, whenever The Freaks talk with Bell, it's always a candid, fun conversation. And this was no different. In fact, Christopher went from how poorly the Toyota teams performed to how great they did including his win. And they did it together. Listen...

IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Josef Newgarden dominated the IndyCar season opener in Florida. He won the Pole and led the most laps. It was such a dominating win he admitted that team boss Roger Penske warned him to stay focused and not throw the car into a wall. Newgarden laughed at the suggestion but he went on to talk about changes in the St. Pete airport track and other street races the IndyCa...

NHRA Gainesville Funny Car Winner J.R. Todd's win in the NHRA season opener had special significance. Connie Kalitta's son Scott Kalitta died in June of 2008 and that's when Todd took over the car, winning an NHRA Funny Car championship in 2018. This weekend Scott's family was in Gainesville to be honored with Scott's induction into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. It was an emotional w...

NASCAR Atlanta Winner Daniel Suarez continues to see his career grow with the dramatic win at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Daniel's second NASCAR Cup Series victory. Suarez talked with Kenny and Crash when the Cup Series was in Phoenix this week. It was a candid chat that talked extensively about Daniel's growing fan base in America and in Mexico, his native country. Listen...