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On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins and Michael Massie are joined by Josh Bilicki to talk the NASCAR veteran’s 2025 season as well as a multitude of other racing topics.
Through the first three weeks of the season, Bilicki had run-ins with Kris Wright in the NASCAR Xfinity Series races, resulting in a feud on X (formerly Twitter). Bilicki breaks down what happened in those races and the status between himself and Wright now. He also describes what it’s been like racing with DGM Racing and Garage 66, the latter in the NASCAR Cup Series.
The quartet discusses what the future of the option tire should be in the Cup Series after it was successfully used at Phoenix Raceway last weekend. They also get into the NASCAR’s future in Southern California after Sport Business Journal reported on Monday (March 10) that the future of Auto Club Speedway is still up in the air.
Lastly, the three hosts select which Cup drivers need to his the panic button after rough starts to the season.
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