SpeedFreaks: Biggest Motorsports Show On The Planet

Guests: NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Winners, Six-Time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders, NASCAR Xfinity Playoff Driver AJ Allmendinger, NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett, NHRA Drivers on Radio Profanity

NHRA Worldwide Technology Raceway Winners cane into The Freak Nation Sunday night moments after the Victory Lane ceremony. Dallas Glenn won Pro Stock. Tony Schumacher won Top Fuel, his first win since the death of his father Don Schumacher. And Fast Jack Beckman won his first race in the car formerly driven by NHRA legend John Force who's recovering from a terrible accident earlier in the season. The win moves Force's car into second place in the playoff standings. Listen...

NASCAR Xfinity Playoff Driver AJ Allmendinger is a Freaks Favorite. But he's fighting to stay in the Xfinity playoffs. AJ is tenth in the standings 13 points behind the cutoff to be included in the next round of eight. Allmendinger has 18 wins in Xfinity racing but his last win came last season in Nashville. He hasn't been in Victory Circle in 2024. Last month Kaulig Racing announced it would return AJ to the Cup Series in 2025. Listen...

NHRA Top Fuel Driver Leah Pruett told the Freaks eleven months ago she was fighting to change NHRA rules concerning female drivers starting a family. Pruett and a coalition of women NHRA racers fought for an amendment to NHRA rules. Pruett was a career-best third in 2023 but opted to start a family with husband Tony Stewart. They're expecting their first child in November. Her fight to change the rules means drivers who step out of the car mid-season can keep points another wins in that car. It's a ground-breaking change for the NHRA. Listen...

Six-Time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders spent time this week with Kenny and Crash. Erica is third in the standings 90 points behind leader Dallas Glenn. Enders is the most successful female Pro Stock driver in NHRA history with titles in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023. She'll have to battle though to repeat this season. Still, the oddsmakers in Las Vegas put Enders as the favorite to keep the title she won last season. Listen...

Drivers in all racing series are watching what Formula One is doing about drivers who use profanity over their in-car radios. F1 drivers could be penalized heavily. And NHRA drivers were concerned about the same thing happening as they're being interviewed before their races by network anchors calling the competition. The Freaks talked with Erica Enders, Ida Zetterström, and Ron Capps about the possibility of fines and, even, what their "favorite" four-letter words might be! Listen...

Guests: NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Winner Layne Riggs, High Limit Eldora Winner Rico Abreu, NHRA Charlotte Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown, The Trouble With Howard Author Lee Anne Patterson

NHRA Charlotte Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown followed up his win in Reading, Pennsylvania last weekend. The win gives him a 53-point advantage over Justin Ashley in second with four events remaining in the 2024 season. This is his first time in first place this late in the season since 2017. He won his championships in 2012, 2015 and 2016. Brown qualified 10th in Charlotte making his climb to the victory a tough one Sunday. He talked to The Freaks before going to Charlotte. Listen...

High Limit Eldora Winner Rico Abreu is a Friend of the Freaks. He's a regular in The Nation. But his fourth win in the Eldora 4 Crown event is four reasons why Rico is drawn to the western Ohio track. The 4 Crown event features winged Sprint Cars, non-wing Sprints, USAC Midgets and USAC Silver Crown cars. These open wheel racers are some of the fastest in short track racing all over America. And Abreu is a winner in most of them. Listen...

NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Winner Layne Riggs made his debut in The Freak Nation Sunday night. His Bristol win was his second in a row in the series after a win at the Milwaukee Mile. Riggs isn't in the NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs but he's making a great run at the spoiler title! The Riggs name actually isn't new to The Freaks. Layne's dad Scott Riggs was a regular when he ran in the Truck Series. Layne's success of late might make his a regular as well. Listen...