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On this week’s Happy Hour podcast Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Bryan Nolen are joined by special guest FOX Sports Director Artie Kempner, and they react to Shane van Gisbergen‘s win at the Chicago Street Course.
Kempner offers his insight on how this unique race was covered for the first time on TV, and the guys debate if NASCAR made the right call by calling the Xfinity Series race before halfway due to weather and shortening the Cup Series race by 25 laps due to darkness.
Kempner, Lyle, Massie and Nolen then discuss Chase Elliott’s and Alex Bowman’s playoff fates, and then the guys pick who they want to see next in Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 car.
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This episode of Happy Hour is presented by Pocono Raceway. The racing action returns to Pocono as the ARCA Menards, Craftsman Trucks, Xfinity and Cup series take to the track Friday, July 21 to Sunday, July 23. Bring the whole family, as kids 12 and under are free, and come celebrate 50 Years of NASCAR racing at the Tricky Triangle.
For tickets visit PoconoRaceway.com or call 1-800-722-3929. Pocono Raceway, it’s where you want to be!
About the author
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.
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.
Bryan Nolen is the Operations Manager and Multimedia Director for Frontstretch.com. He also hosts the Bringing the Heat with Bryan Nolen Podcast and occasionally makes appearances on The Happy Hour Podcast. He has a Sportscasting degree from the Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting. He resides in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, his French Bulldog Archer and two rabbits.
Follow him on Twitter @TheBryanNolen
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