SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

For 24 years now The Freaks have looked back on the motorsports year and picked out drivers, races, stories and, even, Freakish things that have happened in racing. This year, 2024, is no different. Kenny Sargent, Crash Gladys, Statt Mann and Richie Flores look back on the racing year and pick out the Freak things that should be remembered. Take a moment and compare their memories with your own. L...

NHRA Drag Racing Champions Ron Capps and Gary Scelzi Share Memories with The Statt Mann and The Freaks. Ron Capps won the NHRA Funny Car championship in 2016, 2021 and 2022, the last coming in his first year as a team owner. Scelzi went on to win three Top Fuel championships. Scelzi unseated the John Force Racing dynasty, defeating John Force and Robert Hight to win the 2005 NHRA Full Throttle Fun...

Guests: 2024 NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson, NASCAR President Steve Phelps & Chief Operating Officer Steve O'Donnell, 2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown

2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. Then he talked with The Freak Nation a couple days later after he'd had time to think about the historic title. Brown is now ahead of NHRA legends Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Larry Dixon, Gary Scelzi and, even, his teammate Angelle Sampey who won her titles in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. In addition to his f...

2024 NHRA Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown won his fourth championship Sunday night. This title moves the Lucas Oil Racing driver ahead of legendary Top Fuel Champions Don Garlits and Shirley Muldowney who won three each. One of the key people who was there for each of Antron's titles in 2012, 2015, 2016 and, now, 2024 has been former driver and now Crew Chief Mark Oswald. But Oswald is retiring aft...

2024 NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson returned to The Freak Nation minutes after his sixth championship tying him with his former boss Warren Johnson and current driver Erica Enders. Anderson won three straight titles from 2003 to 2005 then returned with championships in 2010 and 2021. Now 2024 is on his resume. Anderson stepped outside his celebrations at the dragstrip in Pomona, California...

NASCAR President Steve Phelps & Chief Operating Officer Steve O'Donnell annually talk with the media before the last race of the season. This year the State of NASCAR news conference was in Phoenix. Three particular issues of importance were television ratings, officiating during races and expanding the number of automakers who may be negotiating to sponsor teams in NASCAR. Right now there are onl...

Guests: 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano, NASCAR Team Owner & Racing Legend Roger Penske, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr., NASCAR Driver Tribute to 2017 Cup Series Champion Martin Truex, 2017 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex, Jr.

2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano talked with media for a long time after winning the title at Phoenix Raceway Sunday evening. Logano was candid in his conversation including his comments about the playoffs. Many on social media was dismissive of Logano after statistics showed his average finishes on the season were 17.1. Logano won the title anyway. Listen...

NASCAR Team Owner & Racing Legend Roger Penske talked with the media after his driver Joey Logano won the Cup championship. Second on the 2024 season was another Penske Racing driver Ryan Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion. The title this year is Penske's third straight championship, a level of success he didn't enjoy when he first entered NASCAR nearly 30 years ago. He didn't get his first Cup title u...

2024 NASCAR Xfinity Champion Owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was overjoyed Saturday night after winning the 2024 Xfinity title as a team owner. His driver Justin Allgaier drove an aggressive race to get the title, Earnhardt's fourth after winning Chase Elliott in 2014, William Byron in 2017 and Tyler Reddick in 2019. Oddly enough Byron and Reddick were two of the Final Four Cup drivers on Sunday. Listen...

2017 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex, Jr. says this will be his last full-time season racing in the Cup Series. Truex won the pole for Sunday race at Phoenix Raceway. He talked with media about that success and what his thought were as he prepared for his last full-time race. He did leave the door open to run one-off events in the future. Listen...

Kenny Sargent collected this impressive NASCAR Driver Tribute to 2017 Cup Series Champion Martin Truex. Truex says this is his last full-time season as a NASCAR Cup Series driver. But the drivers who celebrate Truex career included champions and future champions including Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, and Alex Bowman. List...

Guests: NASCAR Director of Competition Elton Sawyer, NASCAR Drivers Christopher Bell & William Byron, NASCAR Martinsville Winner Ryan Blaney

NASCAR Director of Competition Elton Sawyer stepped into the spotlight at Martinsville where controversy changed the race results and the lineup for the Final Four in Phoenix. Sawyer explained why Christopher Bell's last turn move to get enough points for the final race in Phoenix was illegal for safety reasons. He said a similar move by Ross Chastain October 30, 2022, also at Martinsville, led NA...

NASCAR Drivers Christopher Bell & William Byron saw their race results changed by NASCAR officials after nearly a half hour discussion at the end of the Martinsville race. A last lap move by Bell was thrown out by officials. That gave the fourth and final Playoff spot to Byron. The decision was split almost down the middle by NASCAR fans who responded to a SpeedFreaks poll on X, formerly Twitter....

NASCAR Martinsville Winner Ryan Blaney will get a chance to defend his 2023 NASCAR Cup Series title. Very late moves by Blaney sent him to Victory Circle where he celebrated last year, also earning a spot in the Playoff Final Four. Curiously, though, Blaney said he had no idea one of the largest controversies of the NASCAR Cup season was underway on the racetrack while he celebrated in Victory Cir...

Guests: NASCAR Homestead Xfinity Winner Austin Hill, Eight-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher, Endurocross Idaho Falls Winner Jonny Walker

NASCAR Homestead Xfinity Winner Austin Hill won in dramatic fashion Saturday then talked with Kenny and Crash afterwards. Hill's win qualified him for the Xfinity Series Championship Final Four in Phoenix November 9th. Hill was still emotional after his victory. He told The Freaks he's worked hard to get qualified for a chance at the Xfinity championship. Now he said he can go to Martinsville with...

Endurocross Idaho Falls Winner Jonny Walker talked with The Freaks Sunday night as he waited to board an airplane that would take him back home in the UK. Walker explained he was only here to run two Endurocross events then added two more, including the won he won in Idaho Saturday night and seen on MAVTV. Walker said his Triumph needed considerable development and that included a bone stock engin...

Eight-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher. Schumacher won his first NHRA Top Fuel world championship in 1999 and his eighth in 2014. He won the title six years in a row from 2004 to 2009. Now, though, he's 12th in points and not qualified for the 2024 title. Schumacher has a different conversation after the death of his father and former team owner Don Schumacher earlier this year. Tony sp...

Guests: IndyCar Winners Choose The 500 or A Title, European Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom, NHRA Funny Car Points Leader Austin Prock

NHRA Funny Car Points Leader Austin Prock stopped a round of golf to talk with The Freaks. The cell service at the golf course wasn't strong enough so he drove home quickly and reconnected for a great conversation. Prock equaled a record set by his John Force Racing boss, John Force. He's won 13 top qualifier awards in 16 events this year. He has two more stops in Las Vegas and Pomona to break tha...

European Top Fuel Champion Ida Zetterstrom talked with Kenny and Crash in St. Louis. She's getting her feet wet in America's NHRA series before she makes a run at a title next year. Zetterström won her European and FIA Top Fuel title in 2023. Her notable achievement: a new European record with a 3.77 second pass at 321 mph. For now, though, Ida is learning new tracks and new competitors as she mak...

Some of the best drivers in IndyCar were given the choice: win an Indy 500 or an IndyCar title. You'd be surprised at the response from each. They include in order: Marcus Ericsson, Josef Newgarden, Will Power, Alex Palou, and Pato O'Ward. A couple have won both and still aren't sure which one is more important. And those who have neither event on their resume, they are on the spot. Listen...