SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

2024 Rolex 24-Hour Winner Dane Cameron stepped away from celebrating to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. Cameron drove with Felipe Nasr, Josef Newgarden, and Matt Campbell to get the dramatic win after a fate changing pit stop by the Team Penske Pit Crew Team. Nasr was driving at the end. He came in to the stop in second and went out first to drive to the victory over Action Express driver Tom B...

Three-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown will share his life with the world this week. He's the featured driver in the new documentary series "In the Life" on MAV TV Thursday February 1st at 8pm Eastern. Antron won Top Fuel dragster championships in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He's one of the top drag racers in the series right now. The documentary looks at his life on and off the track giving his...

Sara Price, the Only American Woman to Win a Dakar Rally Stage, made a memorable visit with The Freak Nation Sunday night. Price's run at The Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia was the satisfaction of her lifetime. She'd always dreamed of running in The Dakar Rally and this year she pooled her money with sponsors and gave it a go. In addition to winning the tenth of 12 stages, she finished fourth in her...

Four-Time Arenacross Champion Kyle Peters made his debut in The Freak Nation Sunday night. His title streak covers the last four seasons in Arenacross. He's only one away from five-time champion Buddy Antunez who announced his retirement in February of 2004. Ironically, Antunez how has a part in Peters' career as Kyle's coach. Leave it to The Freaks to suggest a runoff to decide the best ever if P...

Guests: 2024 Rolex 24 Top Qualifier Pipo Derani, San Francisco Supercross 250cc Winner Jordon Smith, IMSA President John Doonan

2024 Rolex 24 Top Qualifier Pipo Derani led a parade of nine GTP teams that beat the Daytona 24 Hour track record during Sunday's qualifying. Derani drives a Cadillac prototype for Action Express Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and is an overall winner of the 2016 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2023 12 Hours of Sebring. But he said this is his first Pole i...

San Francisco Supercross 250cc Winner Jordon Smith visited with The Freaks Sunday night after a popular victory in San Francisco last week. Smith didn't think of himself as a mud racer but he obviously learned quickly how to navigate the quagmire and rode away to the win. Listen...

IMSA President John Doonan is a longtime Friend of the Freaks, even when he was at Mazda before he took over IMSA. Doonan added to his portfolio last summer when he oversaw the Garage 56 program that saw a modified NASCAR Cup Series Chevy Camaro run in the LeMans 24 Hour race in France. The car didn't win but it outran many of the world's fastest sports cars and grabbed thousands of new fans for N...

Guests: 2015 Supercross 250cc Rookie of the Year Aaron Plessinger, AMA Arenacross Rider Aaron Siminoe, 1996 & 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Champion Randy LaJoie

1996 & 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Champion Randy LaJoie made NASCAR's top 75 Driver's of All-Time list. But he might be better known for his safety products, especially his safety seats - The Joie of Seating - AND being the father of racers Casey and Corey LaJoie. LaJoie is happy with either label but he might be most proud of his championships, his inclusion in the All-Time list and his safety seat...

2015 Supercross 250cc Rookie of the Year Aaron Plessinger might be known for his singing but he's becoming a force in the Supercross races where he finished fifth Saturday in San Francisco. The track was a mud bowl but Plessinger forced his Red Bull KTM through the elements to finish behind teammate Chase Sexton who won the final. But, for the Freaks, Plessinger is a first class show. Listen...

AMA Arenacross Rider Aaron Siminoe made his debut in The Freak Nation Sunday night on the recommendation he's be as wild as The Freaks for the appearance. Well, he fit right in! Siminoe had fun talking about how he becomes a different rider in Arenacross once he switches to race mode. That comes when he puts on his helmet, sometimes when the helmet goes on away from the track. Listen...

Guests: 2016 Supercross 250CC Champion Malcolm Stewart, 2023 NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Julie Nataas, 2020 & 2022 AMA Supercross Champion Eli Tomac, TransAm TA2 Driver Adrian Wloskowski

2016 Supercross 250CC Champion Malcolm Stewart is returning to the sport after recovering from a knee injury last season. Stewart is the brother of one of the greatest Supercross riders ever, James Stewart. But Malcolm is fighting to build his own legacy and he's having some success at that. His popularity with Supercross fans grows annually. Malcolm respects that. Listen...

2023 MHRA Top Alcohol Dragster Champion Julie Nataas visited with The Freaks at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Julie is still getting used to the idea of being a drag racing champion. Apparently so are the sponsors. She's disappointed she's not getting some call backs from sponsors she wants to bring into the sport. But Nataas is building a career and agrees some changes might be needed in her spor...

2020 & 2022 AMA Supercross Champion Eli Tomac has been a dominate rider in Supercross and Motocross since her first AMA title in 2013. Rejoining the sport after rehabbing his injury is his number one goal at the moment, though. That, and chasing the hottest rider in his sport: Jett Lawrence. He'll be a tough comeback but if anyone can pull it off, Eli Tomac tops the list. Listen...

TransAm TA2 Driver Adrian Wloskowski had great stories to share while visiting with The Freaks at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Wloskowski owns one of the only racing shops in Manhattan but that has some draw backs. Where do you go testing customer cars in one of the busiest urban areas in the world? Wloskowski is building a racing career while he's building his business. He's having success at bo...

Guests: 2023 NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagen, Top Fuel Teammate Leah Pruett, Tony Stewart Racing Team Owner Tony Stewart, Five-Time Formula Drift Championship Team Owner Steph Papadakis, Three-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown, 2015 & 2016 Chili Bowl Winner Rico Abreu, Six-time 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Winner Justin Ashley, 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso

2023 NHRA Funny Car Champion Matt Hagen led the Tony Stewart Racing crew into The Freak Nation at PRI. But Tony Stewart and his wife and Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett had several headline making responses in the fun conversation. Included is word that Stewart will drive Pruett's dragster in the fastest category in drag racing while Pruett plans to start a family next season. In fact, even that broug...

Five-Time Formula Drift Championship Team Owner Steph Papadakis is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. Team titles came in 2007 and 2008 with Tanner Foust and 2015, 2021 and 2022 with Fredric Aasbo. He visited with the crew at the PRI Show in Indianapolis where it was "difficult" to get Steph to do some "bragging" about his deep racing resume. But he surrendered finally! Listen...

Three-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his titles in 2012, 2015 and 2016. He won the biggest weekend in NHRA drag racing, the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, for the second straight year in 2023. As of the end of the season, Brown had 74 NHRA wins to go along with a second year of team ownership. It's that effort to build his team and business that kept Antron working hard at the Perfo...

2015 & 2016 Chili Bowl Winner Rico Abreu told The Freaks ha had to make a difficult decision this year. He'll miss the 38th running of the Chili Bowl Nationals in Tulsa while he goes racing in Australia, something he's wanted to do for several years. Abreu visited with The Freaks at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. He explained missing one of the biggest events of the early motorsports season. And ho...

Six-time 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Winner Justin Ashley returned to The Freak Nation while working the aisles at the PRI Show in Indianapolis. Ashley's six wins had him the points leader heading into the final six-race Countdown to the Championship. But the momentum stopped and Ashley finished fourth in the final points standings. It was a tough end to the promise of the regular season. And it leaves Ash...

2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso had another strong regular season in 2023. She won a race in Phoenix and won the NHRA Pro Stock Call-Out races, a prestige win without points toward the championship. But the strong showing for her team brought on a full season sponsorship from Tequila Comisario that came on for eleven races in 2023. That sponsorship expands to the full season and brings...

Guests: The 2023 FREAKIES!, 2023 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Doug Kalitta, NASCAR Xfinity Las Vegas Winner Riley Herbst, Open Wheel Showdown Promoter Davey Hamilton, Jr.