On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Dalton Hopkins, Michael Massie and host of the Out of the Groove YouTube show Eric Estepp discuss the Homestead-Miami Speedway breakthrough performances of Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace and Chase Briscoe.
After Homestead winner Kyle Larson claimed he would have 50 wins with the Gen 6 car, the team also debate on how legitimate that claim is and speculate how many wins Larson may have by the end of his career.
Additionally, the quartet talk about the rumor of Homestead returning as the championship race, and if that is the best course of action. Finally, after Wallace’s near-winning performance at the southern Florida track, has 23XI Racing surpassed Joe Gibbs Racing? Where does it rank among the rest of the NASCAR Cup Series teams?
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
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.