On this week’s episode on the Happy Hour podcast, Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and the returning Dalton Hopkins are joined by CBS Sports NASCAR writer Steven Taranto to give their thoughts on how the Chicago Street Course race will go.
The guys also debate — given the struggles of the Next Gen car on short tracks — if Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is the right choice over Nashville Superspeedway.
They also discuss whether Stewart-Haas Racing needs a reshuffle after its recent struggles.
Also, the group reacted to Ryan Blaney hitting a concrete wall (it even inspired a song) and gave their choices of where they wanted a NASCAR street course race.
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A Graduate of Virginia Tech in Sports Media and Analytics, Trey Lyle has been covering NASCAR since 2021 as the producer of the Fast Lane with Ed Lane on VTRN Sports 93.3 FM in Lynchburg, Va.
Trey joined FS in 2023 to cohost Happy Hour and help out on the podcast front as the producer for Brining the Heat with Bryan Nolen. Now, he oversees the entire podcast operation for Frontstretch.
Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loudcolumn, co-host of the Happy Hour podcast, and one of our lead reporters. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Simultaneously, he also serves as a Captain in the US Army.
Follow Dalton on Twitter @PitLaneCPT
Michael Massie joined Frontstretch in 2017 and has served as the Content Director since 2020.
Massie, a Richmond, Va., native, has covered NASCAR, IndyCar, SRX and the CARS Tour. Outside of motorsports, the Virginia Tech grad and Green Bay Packers minority owner can be seen cheering on his beloved Hokies and Packers.
If NASCAR really wants to provide viewers with a true farce, why go measures, just go direct to figure eight racing
Somebody might mistake this street thing for reality
As NASCAR desperately tries to turn its ship around, THIS is not the answer. Go back to your roots and bring your base (me) back.
I agree, and leave the streaming alone. For those folks who can’t get high speed internet with out taking out a loan they won’t be able to watch
Id hazard a guess that the lions share of fans are older and live in more rural areas than cities. Bud light sure learned a hard lesson recently. Nascar fans are likely another different than the same people who were Bud light fans