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On this week’s Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Caleb Barnes are joined by Frontstretch teammate Chase Folsom to discuss the tire problems that made the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway a great race.
The quartet dive into what they think was the root of the tire problems and why teams were so unprepared for it. They also ponder why 12% of fans voted “No” in Jeff Gluck of The Athletic‘s “Was It a Good Race Poll?”
They also get into why Nick Sanchez keeps getting into feuds with the veterans of the Craftsman Truck Series after this past week’s post-race altercation with Stewart Friesen.
Finally, the guys do their own March-Madness-style bracket challenge, voting on what the best races in NASCAR history are.
Watch the whole show below or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
Caleb began sports writing in 2023 with The Liberty Champion, where he officially covered his first NASCAR race at Richmond in the spring. While there, Caleb met some of the guys from Frontstretch, and he joined the video editing team after graduating from Liberty University with degrees in Strategic Communications and Sports Journalism. Caleb currently work full-time as a Multi-Media Journalist with LEX 18 News in Lexington, Kentucky and contributes to Frontstretch with writing and video editing. He's also behind-the-scenes or on camera for the Happy Hour Podcast, live every Tuesday night at 7:30!
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.
Chase began working with Frontstretch in the spring of 2023 as a news writer, while also helping fill in for other columns as needed. Chase is now the main writer and reporter for Frontstretch.com's CARS Tour coverage, a role which began late in 2023. Aside from racing, some of Chase's other hobbies include time in the outdoors hunting and fishing, and keeping up with all things Philadelphia sports related.
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It seems 12% of fans know a real “race” when they see it and Brian’s product isn’t it!
I suppose some thought the 2008 race at Indy was a good one. I don’t need Jeff Gluck or any of the ÑASCAR controlled media telling me what happened at Bristol.