SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Guests: NASCAR Roval Cup Winner AJ Allmendinger, NHRA Texas Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan & Top Fuel Winner Leah Pruett, NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Doug Gordon

NHRA Texas Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan & Top Fuel Winner Leah Pruett closed out Sunday night with some history for Tony Stewart Racing. It was the first double winning weekend for the team that is only in its second year. Hagan is third in the Funny Car standings with only two events left in the NHRA season. Pruett is second. Both are within two round wins of first place with events in Las Vegas and Pomona still on the calendar. One of the key points in the conversation was the teamwork between the two nitro competitors. And there's also the support of Stewart, Pruett's husband and himself a championship driver and, now, a competitor in Top Alcohol drag racing. Listen...

NASCAR Roval Cup Winner AJ Allmendinger returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night after last week's victory. Allmendinger was emotional after his win, the first after his son was born last month. AJ talked about several things in connection with his Kaulig Racing NASCAR team. He's won Xfinity races with Kaulig now the Cup win was important as both AJ and the Kaulig organization make plans for continuing their relationship next year. Listen...

NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion Doug Gordon won his third title in the Top Alcohol category. He'd planned on 2023 being his last season as he will turn the seat over to his daughter Maddie in 2024. The Lucas Oil Racing driver is the first NHRA champion crowned in 2023 with two race weekends left on the NHRA calendar. It took officials a bit to determine the championship after Gordon won at the Texas Fall Nationals outside Dallas. But when it was determined no one could catch his point total for the season there was a quick title celebration at the top end of the track. Listen...

Guests: TransAm TA and TA2 VIR Winner Connor Zilisch, NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Top Fuel Winner Clay Millican, Lucas Oil Stabilizer Monster Truck Driver Cynthia Gauthier

TransAm TA and TA2 VIR Winner Connor Zilisch returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He'd spent the weekend making Trans Am history winning both the TA and TA2 category races at Virginia International Raceway. Zilisch is just 17-years-old and the first Trans Am driver to ever win two races in different classes in a single weekend. Zilisch is changing the future of motor racing even as we spoke to him Sunday night. He says he want to go into NASCAR and has already received calls from team owners. Listen...

Lucas Oil Stabilizer Monster Truck Driver Cynthia Gauthier is always fun when she comes into The Freak Nation. And there was a bit of news in this visit. Saturday Cynthia announced she was stepping out of her Monster Truck to take time off to have a baby. She told us she's 4 1/2 months pregnant and already has a driver lined up to replace her behind the wheel. She also talked about scheduling the time off to make room for her life. Listen...

NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Top Fuel Winner Clay Millican is another longtime Friend of the Freaks. It was great to visit with him after his victory last weekend. Millican drives for Rick Ware Racing, a team with entries in NASCAR, NHRA and other forms of motorsports. Millican says there are similarities to all the racing and Ware is proving it. Listen...

Guests: NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan, NHRA WWTR Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson

NHRA St. Louis Pro Stock Winner Greg Anderson has been a Friend of the Freaks for a very long time. So we like it when he has success. Anderson is fourth in points 61 back from Matt Hartford in first. But if you listen to Greg talk, you'd think his only competition is five time champion Erica Enders. In fact, Anderson and Enders each have five championships are are battling to become the first to six. Hartford remains in the fight looking for his first title. Listen...