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On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins and Michael Massie are joined by TSJSports’ Peter Stratta to discuss NASCAR’s future at Circuit of the Americas.
There is a lot of speculation on whether COTA will come back or not, even with the spectacular race on Sunday (March 2), so the quartet give their guesses on what happens next.
The guys also talk the clean racing displayed by Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, William Byron and Tyler Reddick at the end of the NASCAR Cup Series race and whether there will be more of that caliber going forward.
Sunday’s race also featured dirty driving in the form of Austin Cindric intentionally spinning Ty Dillon. The gang discuss what should and what will be the penalty for Cindric, if there is one at all.
Things get heated as the guys debate who will have a better NASCAR career: Connor Zilisch or Carson Kvapil? For the bonus segment, in honor of wrestler John Cena “going heel,” they each select the best moments of a NASCAR driver becoming the villain.
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