On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Bryan Nolen, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by Ed Lane, host of The Fast Lane on 93.3 FM Lynchburg and VTRN Sports.
The four guys debate the feud with Joe Gibbs Racing after Denny Hamlin spun Ty Gibbs at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday (Sept. 21). Who was more in the wrong in that debacle, and does the younger Gibbs need to speak his mind and show his personality more?
The quartet also crown Team Penske as the NASCAR Cup Series championship favorite after a dominant showing by Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano at New Hampshire. What happened to Toyota’s speed, and how can the other teams overcome Penske?
New Hampshire had a sellout for the Cup race and put on a pretty entertaining event, but its date will move back out of the playoffs next year. Does the Magic Mile belong in the postseason?
The playoff committee had its final meeting last week. The Athletics’ Jeff Gluck detailed the meeting on his podcast, The Teardown, and said that more people in the committee were in favor of a season-long championship this time around. Which playoff format will NASCAR ultimately decide on, if the playoffs even do continue?
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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.
Bryan Nolen is the Operations Manager and Multimedia Director for Frontstretch.com. He also hosts the Bringing the Heat with Bryan Nolen Podcast and occasionally makes appearances on The Happy Hour Podcast. He has a Sportscasting degree from the Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting. He resides in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, his French Bulldog Archer and two rabbits.
Follow him on Twitter @TheBryanNolen
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