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ARCA Driver Gracie Trotter returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. She's preparing to step up in class taking her ARCA stock car to the high speed oval in Talladega, Alabama. Last year Trotter made waves finishing third in the championship, taking one win. That win brought some congratulations from seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson. "Everything kind of just blew up overnight. Not something I’m used to, for sure.” She's ready to turn around a tough start to 2021. Listen...

Guests: IndyCar Insider Robin Miller, Supercross 450 Rider Chase Sexton, COTA Trans Am TA2 Winner Michele Abbate, 2004 Kyle Busch Freakin' Flashback

NBC Sports and Racer IndyCar Insider Robin Miller returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night. He knows more of what's going on inside the IndyCar garages than nearly anyone. For example he brought some background on another network that might be interested in bidding for IndyCar races, how IndyCar might be impacted by the Penske Media empire and how much money are IndyCar drivers being paid especially when compared to drivers in the past. Listen...

Supercross 450 Rider Chase Sexton, second in Atlanta last Saturday, was in The Freak Nation Sunday night. He brought us an update on incredible injuries he suffered in Daytona. You won't believe the descriptions! And Chase also gave us some background on the new travel conditions for Supercross riders. And the new normal in the sport? Listen...

COTA Trans Am TA2 Winner Michele Abbate came into The Freak Nation with a new sponsor relationship: Lucas Oil. The Trans Am TA2 West Coast team owner (Grr Racing) and driver is getting faster behind the wheel and that's creating a road for Michele in Trans Am and MAYBE into NASCAR. She's working on that as we speak. Listen...

Way back in June of 2004 The Freaks talked with then Busch driver Kyle Busch after Kyle won in Kentucky. The 17 years since then has found Kyle to be a Superstar driver in NASCAR Cup. But this was before Kyle broke into the Cup spotlight. It's a fun conversation with one of the biggest start in motor racing, before he broke into the headlines. Listen to this flashback.

SpeedFreaks National Radio Show 03/28/2021 by SpeedFreaks

NBC Sports NASCAR Insider Nate Ryan shined a lot of light into some dark corners of the NASCAR Dirt Weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ryan also talked about some new changes being discussed inside NASCAR offices including a possible street race in a major urban center like Chicago. NASCAR is in the business of making major changes and the sport should be celebrated for that. But this weekend in Bristol on Dirt may be a deep dive that will leave some scars. Listen...

IndyCar Driver Conor Daly returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night to talk about some off-season activity in IndyCar. In fact the off-season seems to be the longest part of the IndyCar schedule. But Daly said once the season starts it'll be rolling with nine straight weeks of racing at one point in the schedule. Daly also talk about some changes in his life including a new friendship with Action Sports legend Travis Pastrana. Listen...

2019 Bassmaster Classic Champion & Major League Fishing Champion Ott Defoe returned to The Freak Nation. The MLF and Defoe are supported by General Tires. Defoe talked about some success he's had in Texas where few have been able to match his winning. Oddly enough Ott said cell service connectivity is crucial to catching fish. Listen...