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On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins and Michael Massie are joined by Savage Ventures‘ John Newby to decide whether or not Atlanta Motor Speedway has become the best track in NASCAR.
The quartet predict what Atlanta will be like and what will be done with the racing there as the track surface ages. They also debate the future of Austin Hill, the king of Atlanta in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, after Hill won his third straight race at the track. Will he be an Xfinity lifer, or will Hill be a NASCAR Cup Series star one day?
The ending of the Xfinity and Cup races at Atlanta yielded yet more controversial officiating, with the NXS field racing back to the checkered flag after a wreck while Cup ended under caution. The guys dive into the inconsistencies of the last-lap officiating and what the right way to go from here would be.
Carson Hocevar was the other big topic leaving the Peach State, as he finished a career-best second in the Cup race but made several drivers mad in the process. The gang debate whether Hocevar should change his driving style or if he should keep doing what he’s doing.
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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.
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