On this week’s episode of the Happy Hour podcast, Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by DannyBTalks YouTube personality Daniel Baldwin to discuss Chevrolet’s acquirement of Toyota and Ford prospects Sammy Smith and Zane Smith and how that will affect the future of the two OEMs.
Also, the group gives their take on Bubba Wallace‘s Texas Motor Speedway late-race blunder, the latest rumors of what tracks could be changed in the soon-to-be-announced 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule and the option of Stewart-Haas Racing downsizing from a four-car team.
Finally, in a YouTube exclusive video, the boys share their favorite NASCAR movie paint schemes in response to SHR’s Talladega Nights inspired liveries running this weekend.
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Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loud column, co-host of the Frontstretch 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
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.