SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Guests: IndyCar Mid-Ohio Winner Alex Palou, Freakin' Flashback to The First American Street Race in Los Angeles, Lucas Oil Trans-Am Driver Tomy Drissi, Legendary Drivers Richard Petty & Don Garlits

IndyCar Mid-Ohio Winner Alex Palou came into The Freak Nation minutes after his win Sunday. Palou has won three of the last four IndyCar races and leads the series by 110 points after nine of 17 races. Palou's future is brighter than ever. Some have him going to F1 next year. He won't talk about that. Listen...

Lucas Oil Trans-Am Driver Tomy Drissi came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to celebrate the Fourth of July Holiday and the rainy weekend in Chicago whee NASCAR raced on a street course. Drissi races a Ford Mustang for Lucas Oil in the TransAm series. He's third in the season standings, 105 points out of first after six of 11 races. Listen...

Legendary Drivers Richard Petty & Don Garlits talked with the Freaks many years ago. Petty talked about NASCAR's future and the possibility of racing in Big Cities. We pulled that from our Freakin' Flashback Files and remembered Legendary Drag Racer Don Garlits telling us about how he considered Petty's place on the Mt. Rushmore of American sports. It brought tears to his eyes. Listen...

There were many stories written this week making Chicago the first NASCAR street ever. But Kenny Sargent covered one way back in September of 1999 in Los Angeles around the Los Angeles Coliseum parking lot. Some major names were in the NASCAR Southwest Tour race including Cup stars Kenny Irwin and Ken Schrader. Listen...

Guests: Legendary Daredevil Evel Knievel, 20-Time World of Outlaws Champion Steve Kinser, NASCAR Personality Kenny Wllace

On The Freaks 23rd Anniversary broadcast we look into the vault of incredible interviews including this one from 2002 with Legendary Stunt Man Evel Knievel. Knievel was one of The Freaks favorite guests through the years. His stories are as big as his legendary status. We cut 17 minutes into a little more than six so you could hear some of them. Listen...

20-Time World of Outlaws Champion Steve Kinser came into The Freak Nation in 2005. It was a blistering hot summer afternoon in Sedalia, Missouri but we were able to get Kinser out of his motorhome where he was trying to fix a broken air conditioner. One we got him down in front of the camera he started to relax and take on some critics in the world of motorsports. Listen...

NASCAR Personality Kenny Wallace has been in The Freak Nation several times. This was from 2006 when Wallace relaxed enough to take on a fellow driver on the track: NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch. He also had some opinions on Don The Snake Prudhomme and the women who roam the pits "for no apparent reason." Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Driver AJ Allmendinger, Three-Time NASCAR Cup Champion Tony Stewart, Formula Drift Driver Matt Field, Five-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders

NASCAR Driver AJ Allmendinger is a long time Friend of the Freaks. And, on Father's Day, he's about to become a Dad in real life. AJ and his wife Tara are expecting a child in August. He talked about that along with some other fun things with The Freaks. Our conversations always end up with at least a chuckle. Listen...

Five-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders is off to a tough start in 2023. Enders won titles in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2022. But She's currently ninth in the NHRA Pro Stock points looking up at a strong field fighting for the season ending playoffs. But Enders always has time to chat with The Freaks even when the conversation turns to tough social issues. Listen...

Formula Drift Driver Matt Field has finished second in the points standings the last two season. He won the opening round in Long Beach this year. It's an effort to move up one more notch in the standings this year. Field talked with The Freaks about his efforts this year and about how the season started with news that a long time sponsor was shutting down it's drift program. Listen...

Three-Time NASCAR Cup Champion Tony Stewart has been coming into The Freak Nation almost as long as there's been a Freak Nation. Smoke won NASCAR Cup titles in 2002, 2005 and 2011. This conversation at a Danny Lasoskie "lost" weekend in Sedalia, Missouri on a blistering hot afternoon. The chat went all the way from thongs to barbeque sauce, a sauce Smoke said he navigated from start to finish. Lis...

Guests: NASCAR Sonoma Winner Martin Truex & Team Owner Joe Gibbs, NHRA Bristol Pro Stock Motorcycle Winner Steve Johnson, 2006 Freakin' Flashback with Tony Kanaan, TransAm TA2 Detroit Winner Connor Zilisch

NASCAR Sonoma Winner Martin Truex & Team Owner Joe Gibbs commented after the race in Sonoma about racing Kyle Busch, a former teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing. Truex also talked about the difficulty of racing on the Sonoma road course where it can be hard to pass another car. Listen...

NHRA Bristol Pro Stock Motorcycle Winner Steve Johnson is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. He was bask in The Freak Nation Sunday night with the same hilarious conversation that only comes from talking with Johnson. But there was also some serious talk about a program Johnson is promoting on his website: www. SteveJohnsonRacing.com. It will open a technical career for some lucky student. Listen...

TransAm TA2 Detroit Winner Connor Zilisch is an up and coming 16-year-old racing star who has already won a major motorsports road race while other teens his age are trying to get a date for their prom. Zilisch earned his way into the TransAm win with a string of Karting championships on his resume. It looks like a glowing future in racing. Listen...

This was a November, 2006 Freakin' Flashback with Tony Kanaan, the 2004 IndyCar champion. He talked about a number of issues when The Freaks wee seen on ESPN2. This was long before the Brazilian won the Indy 500 in 2013. The talk included Formula One, IndyCar and Kanaan's appearance on The Apprentice television program. Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Cup Winner at World Wide Technology Raceway Kyle Busch, NHRA Top Fuel Driver Justin Ashley, 2016 IndyCar Indy 500 Winner Alexander Rossi

NASCAR Cup Winner at World Wide Technology Raceway Kyle Busch came into The Freak Nation minutes after his lightning delayed win in St. Louis. Busch appears happy to be with Richard Childress Racing after Cup Series Championships at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2015 and 2019. Busch appeared happy to get a hard fought win in St. Louis. Listen...

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Justin Ashley stopped his treadmill workout to talk with The Freaks. His extra time came when the NHRA race at Epping, New Hampshire was delayed because of rain. Ashley talked about weather delays and so much more with The Freaks. Listen...

2016 IndyCar Indy 500 Winner Alexander Rossi finished fifth in the IndyCar race on the Streets of Detroit Sunday. He talked with Kenny and Crash at the Indy 500 last week. The conversation had little to do with racing but it was an eye opener into the personality of Rossi. Listen...

Guests: 107th Indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden, 2022 IndyCar Champion Will Power, Sgt. James Smith & Joe Gibbs & An Appeal to Support Veterans on Memorial Day

107th Indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden talked with Crash Gladys after his victory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden's win was his first at The 500. It came on a last lap pass in a controversial ending after a third Red Flag in the last 20 laps of the race. Listen...