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On this week’s abridged episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins, Michael Massie and Caleb Barnes discuss the report by Sports Business Journal that the France family could sell an equity stake of NASCAR for the first time in its history.
The quartet speculate on who could buy the stock car racing series and what the implications for that could be down the road.
With the Daytona 500 coming up this weekend, the guys select what each of their favorite moments are in the history of the Great American Race.
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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.
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!
Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loudcolumn, co-host of the 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.
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Nice job. Just my evaluation. First, you would have to read the offer sheet submitted by the France family to get the true story. You don’t know what restrictions that may be required, “poison pills,” how the shares are restricted and buy-back options just to begin.
My educated (MBA) guess is NASCAR’s lawyers released it as a rumor and negotiating ploy. If they do share part of the equity, it brings another party to the suit.
Either way, you could probably finance a new league off the legal fees. Those advocates (both sides) are very pricy.