SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Seven-time NASCAR champion and, now, IndyCar Driver Jimmie Johnson returned to The Freak Nation during a significant weekend in his IndyCar career. Johnson is in his second season in open wheel but this weekend he broke into the Top Ten of results finishing sixth in Texas. Johnson was strong all day Sunday holding off defending champion Alex Palou going to the checkered flag. Johnson says he's loving learning IndyCar racing. Listen...

NASCAR Xfinity Driver Riley Herbst showed his team's speed and strength Saturday coming from two laps down to finish fourth at Atlanta Motor Speedway. And that includes a green flag pit stop to heck what was causing his Stewart Haas Racing Ford Mustang to overheat. Herbst comes from a family based in Las Vegas that earned it's stripes winning off-road races. But the 23-year-old is making his own spotlight racing in NASCAR charging to the top in the Cup Series. Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Driver Tyler Reddick, NHRA Gainesville Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan, ARCA Phoenix Winner Taylor Gray

NHRA Gainesville Funny Car Winner Matt Hagan is always fun when he visits The Freak Nation. He knows that when he talks with The Freaks it's been a good weekend when he's won an event. We've followed Hagan's career from his days as a farmer to now when he owns the farm and he has help with the work. Hagan has won three championships - in 2011, 2014 and 2020 -- but this season has special meaning and not just because it's the first for Tony Stewart Racing. Listen...

ARCA Phoenix Winner Taylor Gray is only 16-years-old but he's breaking into the big leagues of race winning. His victory on General Tires this week launched him into some rare air. But the win was tempered by tragedy that hit his David Gilliland Team this week. It was tough to talk about. Listen...

NASCAR Driver Tyler Reddick made a rare visit to The Freak Nation Sunday night. The conversation was an excellent look into a winless driver who's about to explode into Victory Lane and rearrange the place. Reddick's conversation covered enormous ground from what he dreams about to what makes him giddy when he looks at other forms of racing when he's not behind the wheel of his Richard Childress race car. Listen...

Guests: IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Scott McLaughlin, NASCAR Xfinity Driver Ryan Vargas, NHRA Pro Stock Driver Camrie Caruso

IndyCar St. Petersburg Winner Scott McLaughlin was a three-time Australian Supercars Champion (2018, 2019, 2020) when he came to IndyCar last year. He learned his open-wheel lessons pretty well, though, proving it by dominating his first IndyCar race this year in St. Petersburg for his first win in the series. You'll be surprised, though, what the people at Penske Racing told him when he was making the transition. And the blister he "earned" in the St. Pete win! Listen...

NASCAR Xfinity Driver Ryan Vargas has been growing behind the wheel in stature and skill ever since he started racing at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California on Saturday nights. But no matter how much he won, the security at Irwindale found it hard to believe he was old enough to be a winner down on the track. Now Vargas is a step away from the top of all American stock car racing. Listen...

NHRA Pro Stock Driver Camrie Caruso is only the third woman in history to ever win a round in NHRA Pro Stock racing. She's taking it in stride though. She has genetic skill from her grandfather and father who raced in Pro Mod and won bunches. Camrie is going forward hoping the rest of the Pro Stock field takes her for granted. She has some surprises for those who do! Listen...