SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series Pro-Lite Champion Ryan Beat knows the dirt he races on so well that he can "read" it. That includes looking at dirt from different regions of the country and knowing where it came from. Beat says the skill is important in off-road racing. But he says he'd like to try some pavement racing like others in his sport. Listen...

Drag Racing Legend Don "The Snake" Prudhomme was in The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about everything but drag racing. Prudhomme plans to run in the NORRA Mexican 1000 rally in two weeks. At 78 he'll be paired with a 16-year-old teenager, Jagger Jones. Jones is the sun of P.J. Jones and grandson of racing legend Parnelli Jones. Prudhomme says he's looking forward to racing the the teen as well as running in an event he wanted to try more than fifty years ago. Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Bristol Winner Kyle Busch, IndyCar Barber Winner Takuma Sato, NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Mike Salinas, Freakin Flashback with Rick Mears

NASCAR Bristol Winner Kyle Busch came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with much to say about Bristol, his recovery from an early race crash and post-race comments from his brother Kurt Busch. Kurt was running second behind Kyle when he scrapped the wall and fell back. Kurt said he'd have crashed Kyle for a shot at winning. Does that open a door for Kyle? Listen...

IndyCar Barber Winner Takuma Sato was back in The Freak Nation Sunday night after a popular win Sunday afternoon. Sato drives for Rahal, Letterman Lanigan Racing and his win came in front of one of his bosses, David Letterman, the former talkshow host. Will Sato have to expect Letterman at the races now to take advantage of that Mojo? It took a bit but Sato was able to talk about more than the mechanics of winning. Listen...

NHRA Las Vegas Top Fuel Winner Mike Salinas got his first win Sunday in the Las Vegas 4-wide Nationals. Salinas is a San Jose businessman who'd never won anything before but now he's with the best tuner in the business, Alan Johnson. In fact, Salinas gave the microphone to Johnson during the interview and Johnson had some ground pounding comments himself. Are big budgets necessary for success in drag racing? Listen...

The Freaks took us back 15 years to 2004 and a ear-opening interview with Rick Mears. Mears won in off-road before he went to open-wheel racing. Did off-road help as it appears to have helped Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR? And what about Mears testing in Formula One? Could he have won there? Rick Mears is a wonderful few minutes on racing. Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Texas Winner Denny Hanlin, Trans Am TA2 Road Atlanta Winner Raphael Matos, NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton, Indy Lites COTA Winner Oliver Askew

NASCAR Texas Winner Denny Hamlin came into The Freak Nation Sunday night after his second win of the young season. After winning the Daytona 500, Hamlin won in Texas overcoming two penalties in the process. He also described problems with the car and strategy during the race. Listen...

NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton once ran NASCAR's Cup Series. Now he's moved into the senior executive offices to plan NASCAR's future. That future will start next season when NASCAR has decided to break with traditions and try new things in it's top level Cup series. Helton explained some of those changes along with some other plans that might be on the horizon beyond 2020. Listen...