SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

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.

Guests: NHRA Cat Spot Litter Funny Car Driver Scott Palmer, IndyCar St. Louis Winner Josef Newgarden, ARCA General Tire Road America Winner Austin Theriault, IMSA GTD VIR Winner Corey Lewis, Morgan Lucas Racing Owner Morgan Lewis

ARCA General Tire Road America Winner Austin Theriault not only got his first road course win Sunday but he gave some wonderful reasons his team got the victory. It's not often that a young stock cr driver can explain why his team and car worked so well in a hostile environment like Road America. But Austin did it in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He also gave a good account of his fight with Austin Cindric in the last two laps. Listen...

IndyCar St. Louis Winner Josef Newgarden has won three of his last four races and four all season. Saturday night's latest win in St. Louis put him 31 points ahead of perennial title contender Scott Dixon who's won four championship altogether. Newgarden's win Saturday, though came at the expense of teammate and defending IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud who wound up third. Newgarden is getting more aggressive in his chase for the title and he doesn't mind that at all. Listen...

Morgan Lucas Racing Owner Morgan Lewis has been working hard with his wife Katie to build the brand for the ninth annual golf tournament honoring the memory of funny car driver Eric Medlen who was killed during a test session ten years ago last March. Lucas is no longer racing but it sounds like he's getting just as much hard work building the tournament that raises money for the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent. This year all proceeds will be used to create new patient themed rooms for the children who stay overnight in the hospital. Listen...

Corey Lewis on GTD & Extasy after A Lambo Victory

IMSA GTD VIR Winner Corey Lewis got his first GTD win Sunday at Virginia International Raceway. He's been fighting the field with his Lamborghini Huracan but it wasn't until today that Lewis could take his Lambo to victory lane. GTD is highly competitive with factory supported cars, teams and drivers. Lewis is ready to stand and be counted in the field after the win. Listen...

NHRA Cat Spot Litter Funny Car Driver Scott Palmer faces one of the biggest weeks in his racing career. He has until Wednesday for drag racing fans to vote him into the Traxxas Shootout at the U.S. Nationals. But, more important, he is ninth out of ten who will qualify for the NHRA's championship playoffs. That's all in the next week for Palmer who's proud of the fact he's on a smaller less funded team but still competing for titles. Listen...