On this week’s episode of Frontstretch Happy Hour, hosts Bryan Nolen, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by Dustin Long of NBC Sports.
On Tuesday (Oct. 28), NASCAR’s countersuit against 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports was dismissed and many other details came out about the lawsuit. The four guys get into what the new developments could mean for the case.
Also on Tuesday, NASCAR’s penalty report dropped, revealing Sam Mayer will be suspended from the NASCAR Xfinity Series race this weekend at Phoenix Raceway after wrecking Jeb Burton on the cool-down lap. Ryan Sieg will fill in for Mayer in the No. 41 Haas Factory Team car. The guys discuss why Mayer needed the suspension, what the penalty would have been had Mayer made the Championship 4 and the opportunity for Sieg.
Three champions will be crowned in Phoenix this weekend between the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck series. The show’s quartet dive into what the storylines would be for each driver winning the championship before making their own predictions.
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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
The only thing I have to say about the lawsuit is that CRAPCAR doesn’t want to go to trial and will do anything that they can possibly do to keep their books out of the public perview. When the amount of money they are making from naming rights, TV money and the like and the pittance they are giving to charter teams will finally show how one sided the deals are. They simply don’t want discovery and have to turn over their financials. More than likely there will be a settlement prior to the trial. What a joke CRAPCAR has become.