SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Sugar Ray Lead Singer Mark McGrath is at that age where he can remember the highs of opening for The Rolling Stones and listening to those same hits on Oldies radio! The group Sugar Ray was one of the biggest names in music several days ago. In between are wonderful memories of walking with his kids and looking at a bird. McGrath is having fun in his life and with The Freaks. Listen...

Guests: NHRA Charlotte Funny Car Winner Robert Hight, Sugar Ray Lead Singer Mark McGrath, 2017 IndyCar Champion Josef Newgarden, ARCA Chicagoland Winner Christopher Bell

2017 IndyCar Champion Josef Newgarden was in The Freak Nation on his digital media tour after getting the title Sunday afternoon in Sonoma. Newgarden got the title in his first year with Penske Racing. He was quick to point out the differences between Penske and other teams where title are at a premium if they exist at all. Listen...

ARCA Chicagoland Winner Christopher Bell is another of the media savvy drivers who win in every thing every where and are comfortable talking about all of it. Bell is a champion Midget Racer, a winner in the legendary Turkey Night Grand Prix and the annual Chili Bowl. Now Bell is dusting off his pavement skills and he blames his success in dirt for most of it. Listen...

NHRA Charlotte Funny Car Winner Robert Hight came into The Freak Nation just hours after his win Sunday where he took over the Funny Car points lead in the Chase for the NHRA championship. HIght drives for John Force Racing and part of his win Sunday was a victory over teammate and Force's daughter Courtney Force. Hight must keep things in perspective after afternoons like that. Listen...

Sugar Ray Lead Singer Mark McGrath is at that age where he can remember the highs of opening for The Rolling Stones and listening to those same hits on Oldies radio! The group Sugar Ray was one of the biggest names in music several days ago. In between are wonderful memories of walking with his kids and looking at a bird. McGrath is having fun in his life and with The Freaks. Listen...

Guests: IndyCar Director of Communications Curt Cavin, ARCA Salem Winner Austin Theriault, Judas Priest Lead Singer Rob Halford

Judas Priest Lead Singer Rob Halford spent a couple hours with Kenny Sargent and Crash Gladys recently. We boiled that conversation down to less than 20 minutes Sunday night and the comments from the legendary singer are unforgettable. He talks about moving to Phoenix three decades ago. He talks about who he likes and goes to see in concert. He talks about the aftermath of 9/11 and how he's observed changes in America. And he talks about coming out of the closet as a gay man and legendary lead singer in the heavy metal world. Listen...

IndyCar Director of Communications Curt Cavin is a longtime Friend of the Freaks. But, in those days, Cavin was a Motorsports Journalist at the Indianapolis Star newspaper. Now he's behind the curtain at IndyCar where he's on the opposite side of the motorsports media. What did he learn? What's the difference between reporting and talking to reporters? And what about the upcoming IndyCar finale to determine a champion next week in Sonoma? Listen...

ARCA Salem Winner Austin Theriault is resetting some of the records in the ARCA series. His third straight win this weekend in Indiana makes him the only driver inn ARCA's 60+ years to get a win on dirt, a road course and a paved oval in the same season. Only nine have ever done it in their careers to this point. Theriault is doing this with Ken Schrader Racing, setting records with less than 20 ARCA races on his resume. Listen.