SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

The General Tire Freak of the Weekend is a new feature with The Freaks. It's to honor a crew member who exemplifies Freak behavior with a stock car team especially the ARCA series sponsored by General Tire. The first winner is Josh Walter, a crew member on the Corey Heim team that won at Talladega and Daytona this season. Walter, however, has a little Freak in him as he buries himself in the heavy metal music of Avatar. Listen...

NASCAR Cup Driver Chris Buescher won the ARCA championship in 2012 and the Xfinity title in 2015. Now he's racing in the NASCAR Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. Buescher is a regular visitor to The Freak Nation so another appearance might cover any and all topics including great stories from Jack Roush and the problem of wearing a New York Yankees jersey into the Roush Fenway shop. Listen...

Action Sports legend Travis Pastrana Sunday night returned to The Freak Nation and revealed the news that he broke his tibia while racing several women in an exhibition race in Indiana earlier in the day. Travis was traveling after finishing ninth in a special TT race in Atlanta Saturday. He drove all night to Indianapolis and, Sunday night, was on his way to another event in Mississippi. Travis moves to his own orchestra even when he's in The Freak Nation. Listen...

Guests: ARCA Talladega Winner Corey Heim, NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wide Funny Car Winner Bob Tasca III, Supercross 450cc Rider Dean Wilson

ARCA Talladega Winner Corey Heim Saturday doubled down on his Daytona win at the beginning of the year. He returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night to recall his Talladega win on General Tires. Heim especially talked about his spotter who's been with him for several years. He especially likes the information he gets on super speedways. Apparently so with the success he'd had this season. Listen...

NHRA Las Vegas Four-Wide Funny Car Winner Bob Tasca III is part of his family's Ford dealerships so he's got a different slant on supporting the electrification of professional racing in the NHRA. Tasca also had great comments to make on whether or not nitro drag racing should return to the classic quarter mile race distance even on longer tracks where the drivers might have enough room to slow down afterwards. Listen...

Supercross 450cc Rider Dean Wilson came into The Freak Nation Sunday night with a great conversation about the many headlines emerging from a wild Supercross season. Wilson also talked about tense racing with a competitor who might live in the neighborhood when the racing is over. In fact, is Florida now the nerve center for Supercross? And does the heat and humidity help or hurt rider conditioning in Supercross? Listen...

Guests: IndyCar Barber Winner Alex Palou, ARCA Driver Gracie Trotter, Drag Racing Legend Don Prudhomme

IndyCar Barber Winner Alex Palou had to convince team owner Chip Ganassi he was worthy of a ride in the series. He did that by winning the season opener Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park. The 24-year-old Spaniard, who started third tying a career-best qualifying effort. Palou capitalized on a two-stop pit strategy while the front row of Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi opted for three stops. Now he gets a chance to be a teammate to legendary IndyCar driver Scott Dixon. Listen...

Drag Racing Legend Don Prudhomme is ready for his fourth attempt in the Mexican 10000, an offroad race in Baja that's not as intense as the 1000 and 500 mile races run by SCORE. The Mexican 1000 is all that happens between the parties that unfold at each step along the way. An offroad race effort supported by Mav-TV is far from the quarter-mile races Prudhomme ran in a brilliant drag racing career that saw him earn four NHRA Funny Car championships as a driver. Listen...