Cole Cusumano caught up with Michael McDowell at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ahead of race No. 33 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season for a candid conversation on the former Daytona 500 Champion's first season with Spire Motorsports. The Arizona-born racer discusses adapting to the nuances of a new team for the first time in eight years, being teammates with Carson Hocevar, in addition Phoenix Raceway's farewell as the finale and the incoming IndyCar doubleheader next season. 

Michael McDowell's First Season with Spire, Phoenix & IndyCar

High Wire Artist Nic Wallenda represents one of the greatest family names in entertainment.  The Wallenda Family has been walking across wires for nearly two centuries and Nic talked about the adventure in a book Facing Fears. He talked passionately about the book that came about after a family accident that nearly killed his sister. Wallenda said he wanted to quit but didn't after his wife reminded him that his personal mantra is "Never Give up."  Listen...

Nic Wallenda on The Brand, The Wire & The Fears

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Chandler Pro2 Winner Jerret Brooks returned to The Freak Nation to talk about the multi race weekends in the LOORRS series this season. Delays in the season caused by the pandemic has led to as many as three races in a weekend. Brooks is on a roll winning at least one race in each of the last three weekends.  Listen...

Jerret Brooks on Triples, Masks and Fan Free Zones

IndyCar Driver Conor Daly returned to The Freak Nation Sunday night after announcing that he'll enter a NASCAR truck series race to compete against Action Sports legend Travis Pastrana.  The pair became friends recently and the rivalry grew last summer as the duo competed in iRacing events on the Internet.  Daly called the sim racing a "Land of Dreams" but he's not dreaming about his race against Pastrana. He desperately wants to win!  Listen...

Conor Daly on Trucks, Travis & Partytime

Guests: IndyCar Driver Conor Daly, High Wire Artist Nic Wallenda, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Chandler Pro2 Winner Jerret Brooks

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NBC Analyst/Driver Townsend Bell spent the weekend racing in the IMSA doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He returned to The Freak Nation shortly after Sunday afternoon's race.  He spent time as an analyst talking about racing in IndyCar and IMSA.  Curiously enough, some of that analysis dovetailed with his own driving experiences.  Listen...

Townsend Bell on Soldiering, Furnaces & Blowing Stuff Up!

NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Winner Sam Mayer pulled off a unique doubleheader last weekend. He won both the truck race and an ARCA race also at Bristol. Obviously he calls Bristol Motor Speedway his favorite track and would hate to see any changes made that would make the track easier to race.  Mayer is 17 and racing against drivers who might be older than his parents.  Listen...

Sam Mayer on Bristol, JR Motorsports & 17 Years

ARCA K&N West Las Vegas Winner Gracie Trotter this weekend became the first woman to win an ARCA race.  The win came at the Bull Ring track in Las Vegas where she's getting valuable experience as a Toyota Development driver.  Trotter has been in eight races with an average finishing position better than fifth.  Trotter has enormous developmental potential and, at 19, could be around stock car racing for many years.  Listen...

Gracie Trotter on Gender Racing, Best in the West & Whataburger

NHRA Funny Car Gainesville Winner Ron Capps is a longtime Friend of the Freaks.  He was in The Freak Nation Sunday night shortly after the win in the Gatornationals.  Capps was excited, obviously, about the victory but he was careful to talk about a mild celebration before his flight home at 5:30 in the morning!  Ron also talked about his dirt track spin to save his Funny Car on the drag strip.  Listen...

Ron Capps on Blowing Up Real Good, Older & Wiser

Guests: NHRA Funny Car Gainesville Winner Ron Capps, ARCA K&N West Las Vegas Winner Gracie Trotter, NBC Analyst/Driver Townsend Bell, NASCAR Truck Series Bristol Winner Sam Mayer

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Guests: NASCAR Xfinity Charlotte Roval Winner AJ Allmendinger, IMSA Charlotte Roval Winner Antonio Garcia, IndyCar Indy2 Race Winner Will Power

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Michael McDowell's First Season with Spire, Phoenix & IndyCar

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