SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Champion Logan Seavey talked with Kenny Sargent minutes after his major win in the wee hours Sunday morning. Seavey drove for one of the legends in USAC Midget Racing, team owner Kevin Swindell. But Seavey is most proud of winning the coveted Golden Driller trophy given to Chili Bowl winners. Listen...

Actor/ARCA Driver Frankie Muniz announced this week a ful-ltime ARCA ride for 2023. Muniz raced open-wheel but had a bad accident and took 12 years off to recover and travel with an indie band playing drums all over the world. But after his son was born Muniz decided to get back into racing and he's where he always wanted to be, racing a stock car. He'll start at the Daytona 500 week at Daytona International Speedway next month. It's a place he has an emotional attachment. Listen...

Guests: The Freaks Remember Ken Block, NASCAR Cup Driver Ryan Preece, NASCAR Journalist Kelly Crandall, NASCAR Xfinity Team Owner & Truck Series Driver Jordan Anderson

It was a difficult week in The Freak Nation. A Friend of the Freaks, Ken Block, died in a snow mobile accident in Utah near his Park City home. He was 55. Ken changed the way motorsports, indeed, all sports, are marketed. The co-founder of DC Shoes saw his videos viewed maybe a half billion times on You Tube alone. His Gymkhana video series was turned into a television series by itself. The Freaks remember Ken, a 2007 visit to The Freak Nation and have observations on how he changed the way sports is marketed globally. Listen...

Guests: The 2022 Freakies, 2Xtreme Racing Monster Truck Drivers Jim & Dawn Creten, 2022 Formula Drift Runner-Up Matt Field

At the end of every year The Freaks get together and pick their Freak Memories of the past 12 months: The Freakies. This year we look at: The Race of the Year, The Driver of the Year, The Story of the Year and The Freak of the Year. And you wouldn't believe how far apart we are when it comes to what's Freak to each of us. We go from a race in South Central Los Angeles to a video Freak Show drawing millions in Social Media. And all points in between. You have to Listen...

2022 Formula Drift Runner-Up Matt Field came into The Freak Nation Sunday night to get on the couch about finishing second in points for the second straight season. The Lucas Oil Racing driver is one of the top competitors in Formula D. He was so close this season that he went into the last event at Irwindale Speedway leading the points. But Fields learned how tough it is to close the deal. Listen...

2Xtreme Racing Monster Truck Drivers Jim & Dawn Creten came into The Freak Nation Sunday night and we heard what it takes to tame monsters on the track and at home. Jim and Dawn drive Bounty Hunter, Scarlet Bandit and Iron Outlaw, some of the baddest trucks in the sport. The couple is so popular the 2extreme team is growing into its own show drawing thousands a night. Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Xfinity Playoff Driver AJ Allmendinger, 2014 & 2015 World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg & Son Oliver, 16-Time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force, 2022 Indianapolis 500 Pole Sitter Scott Dixon

16-Time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force is one of our Favorite Freaks. He takes time for us several times a year and they're always hilarious visits. John Force is one of the top two drag racers of all time. So when we can have a "chat," it's always wonderful especially when he takes the time for an Elton John lyric. Listen...