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On this week’s abridged episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins and Michael Massie are joined by Cole Cusumano of SpeedFreaks and Kickin’ the Tires to talk the same old problems popping up again at superspeedways.
The quartet debate the superspeedway package and the racing that comes with it. Are there changes that should be made?
The guys then dive into the controversies surrounding NASCAR’s officiating during Speedweeks, including the last-lap cautions or lack thereof and Kyle Busch being declared out. The guys also discuss what the future of JR Motorsports could be in the NASCAR Cup Series following the team and driver Justin Allgaier getting a top 10 in the Daytona 500.
Finally, the roundtable compare The CW’s NASCAR Xfinity Series broadcast from Daytona International Speedway to those of FOX.
Plus, in honor of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, the show opens with an SNL-esque cold open featuring Massie as Elton Sawyer, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition.
Watch the whole show below or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
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.
Follow Dalton on Twitter @PitLaneCPT
Something needs to change. The fact that they were in “fuel saving mode” before 11 laps were even completed is ridiculous. There were way too many commercials, too