On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by frequent guest John Newby, senior writer at Savage Ventures.
The quartet discuss NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer‘s comments to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Tuesday (May 27) that more horsepower for the NASCAR Cup Series is “on the table.” They talk whether the move will actually finally happen and how it could impact the racing.
The four guys also get into fans’ opinions on driver personality following some backlash for Noah Gragson‘s showing some at the Coca-Cola 600.
Sunday’s (May 25) Indianapolis 500 had more viewers than this year’s Daytona 500. Just 12 years ago, NASCAR’s Super Bowl had approximately 10 million viewers more. The gang dive into what the takeaways from that should be.
Kyle Larson‘s bid to complete 1,100 miles on Sunday between the Indy 500 and the Coke 600 came up short, crashing out of both races. With Larson failing to do the full Double and the window between the two races being so short now, the guys weigh in on if anyone else will try it anytime soon as well as what INDYCAR and NASCAR can do to encourage more drivers to try.
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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 Loud column, co-host of the Frontstretch 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