On this episode of Bringing the Heat with Bryan Nolen, Stephen Stumpf has a conversation with IMSA driver Jordan Taylor about the Garage 56 project, his debuts in both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series this year and how his alter ego of Rodney Sandstorm came to be.
After the Taylor interview, Trey Lyle, who is filling in for Nolen this week, is joined by Adam Cheek to react to the news of Aric Almirola retiring from full-time Cup racing at the end of this season. The guys speculate about who will fill his role at Stewart–Haas Racing.
Lyle and Cheek preview the Championship 4 and give their picks during the playoff roundup. Also, they react to the Sheldon Creed soundbite from last weekend at Martinsville and break down the drama at Richard Childress Racing.
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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.
Stephen Stumpf is the NASCAR Content Director for Frontstretch and is a three-year veteran of the site. His weekly column is “Stat Sheet,” and he formerly wrote "4 Burning Questions" for three years. He also writes commentaries, contributes to podcasts, edits articles and is frequently at the track for on-site coverage.
Find Stephen on Twitter @stephen_stumpf
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch and also hosts the Adam Cheek's Sports Week podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.