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Week one of the 2025 NASCAR season is now in the books, and on this episode of Bringing the Heat, Frontstretch‘s Dalton Hopkins sits down with former NASCAR driver Mike Skinner.
The 1995 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion details how the sport is run today as opposed to his time breaking in. Additionally, Skinner talks about his time returning back to the track after some time away, plus his appearance on the show The Grand Tour.
Tanner Marlar then joins Trey Lyle for the first time this season. The duo breaks down the return of an old familiar but certainly familiar sponsor back to the NASCAR family. Lyle and Marlar then discuss reports of the possibility of Dodge’s return back to the NASCAR ranks and early TV ratings from Daytona International Speedway.
The soundbite of the week comes courtesy of Kyle Busch, who talks about his frustrations with some of NASCAR’s operation procedures and how things could be done differently going forward.
The show concludes with a discussion on the safety of the cars, in particular at superspeedways. Is it a safety issue or just 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.
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
Tanner Marlar is a staff writer for Sports Illustrated’s OnSI Network, a contributor for TopSpeed.com, an AP Wire reporter, an award-winning sports columnist and talk show host and master's student at Mississippi State University. Soon, Tanner will be pursuing a PhD. in Mass Media Studies. Tanner began working with Frontstretch as an Xfinity Series columnist in 2022.