SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Guests: NHRA U.S. Nationals Funny Car Winner Ron Capps, 2022 Indy Lights Champion Linus Lundqvist, 2022 ARCA East/Sioux Chief Showdown Champion Sammy Smith

NHRA U.S. Nationals Funny Car Winner Ron Capps is always welcome in The Freak Nation. When he visits the conversations are candid and welcome. He was a double up winner in Indianapolis winning the Nationals and a special Shoutout competition for Funny Car drivers. Capps is finishing his first season as a team owner. And he's in the fight for his third World Championship after winning his second last season. Listen...

2022 Indy Lights Champion Linus Lundqvist was relaxing with his family in California when he checked in with The Freak Nation Sunday night. Lundqvist is part of several team conversations for a ride in the big league IndyCar Championship next season. His title in Indy Lights gave him a big scholarship check to take with him to his next team. Listen...

2022 ARCA East/Sioux Chief Showdown Champion Sammy Smith came into The Freak Nation just after winning in Bristol that gave him his 2022 titles. Smith is young (18) and figuring out his way through the stock car racing industry. He was dropped into the spotlight with great racing at The Glen where he finished third in an Xfinity Race. Listen...

Guests: 2022 IndyCar Series Champion Will Power, U.S. Nationals Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown, Lucas Oil Sportsman Series Indianapolis Top Alcohol Winner Julie Nataas, Motorhead Lead Singer Lemmy Kilmister, Avoid Lead Singer Benny School

2022 IndyCar Series Champion Will Power came into The Freak Nation Sunday night just hours after winning the title in a close battle at Weathertech Raceway at Laguna Seca. Power is a longtime Friend of the Freak so it was great for us to talk with him after getting his second IndyCar title. And it came in a year when Power only won one race, he was that consistent. Then there was the exhaustion. Listen...

U.S. Nationals Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown is one of The Freaks closest friends. We talked with him Sunday night after his win in the U.S. Nationals Labor Day Weekend and after he gave testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee studying whether or not to ban performance modifications to cars used on public roads. It's the RPM act and it's before Congress now. Listen...

Lucas Oil Sportsman Series Indianapolis Top Alcohol Winner Julie Nataas was in The Freak Nation Sunday night talking about her journey from her native Norway to Santa Barbara, California to Brownsburg, Indiana. It's an arduous journey but one that's elevated her drag racing career to near the top rung of Top Fuel. But wait'll you hear about her body exploding! Listen...

Motorhead Lead Singer Lemmy Kilmister died December 28, 2015 but not before he visited with The Freak Nation and left comments that are, maybe, the most significant in the Freaks 22+ years. Lemmy was with us oin September 2005 and was asked about the terror attack in New York City. Kilmister traveled all over the world and had been on American tours before and after 9/11. His observations as a Brit were jaw dropping. Listen...

Avoid Lead Singer Benny School made his debut appearance in The Freak Nation. The energetic musician came by his love of racing honestly. The passion was learned from his father while Benny was growing up in Seattle. The Freaks found the band Avoid, in fact, as it prepared for an appearance at a racetrack in Colorado. Listen...