On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins, Michael Massie and Caleb Barnes talk about Josh Berry‘s underdog win and Wood Brothers Racing’s future in 2025.
The team also discusses if Ty Gibbs will find success later this season. After five races, Gibbs has yet to score a top 10 and has the lowest average finish of his Cup career. Is he in trouble of not making the playoffs?
Additionally, the quartet speaks on the loose wheel debacles from Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past weekend. Finally, Justin Allgaier tied for the most consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series seasons with a win this past weekend with eight, solidifying him as one of the best in series’ history. If it weren’t for the NASCAR playoffs, who else other than Allgaier would have more titles? Who would have less?
Watch the whole show below or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts.
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
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.
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.
Caleb began sports writing in 2023 with The Liberty Champion, where he officially covered his first NASCAR race at Richmond in the spring. While there, Caleb met some of the guys from Frontstretch, and he joined the video editing team after graduating from Liberty University with degrees in Strategic Communications and Sports Journalism. Caleb currently work full-time as a Multi-Media Journalist with LEX 18 News in Lexington, Kentucky and contributes to Frontstretch with writing and video editing. He's also behind-the-scenes or on camera for the Happy Hour Podcast, live every Tuesday night at 7:30!