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On this week’s Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Caleb Barnes are joined by sports reporter Matt Schwartz to talk about the many hot topics coming out of NASCAR’s Easter weekend at Richmond Raceway.
Coming off Chandler Smith‘s win, the quartet describe how this is the deepest NASCAR Xfinity Series field seen in quite a while. They then get into what makes good racing after Sunday’s (March 31) Toyota Owners 400 was tabbed as the closest finish from the first to last in NASCAR Cup Series history.
Sunday also made history as being the first Cup points-paying oval race to feature wet-weather tires, so the guys debate how well that was executed and what the future of that could be. Then, they argue about NASCAR’s officiating on the Kyle Busch “wreck” and the Denny Hamlin restart.
Hendrick Motorsports is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first win this coming weekend at Martinsville Speedway. So the guys name their favorite moments for HMS at The Paperclip over the years.
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.
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.
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!
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