The season may be over, but Bringing the Heat with Trey Lyle is back with another episode. This week, Michael Massie catches up with Front Row Motorsports’ Noah Gragson. The driver of the No. 4 is almost always having a good time, and he shares some of those moments with Massie. However, his 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season featured more unfortunate timing.
Gragson found himself in the wrong places at the right times for a number of crashes this season, but he’s going to “run it back for sure” next year.
After the interview, Caleb Barnes joins Lyle to go over some of the hottest topics heading into the offseason. That includes catching up once again on recent lawsuit rulings – with these favoring the teams. The two also discuss a potential new show featuring Kaulig Racing and its new Craftsman Truck Series program.
The soundbite of the week comes from Denny Hamlin, who said his “fun meter was pegged” after a disappointing championship finish. Barnes and Lyle speculate what Hamlin’s post-race outlook could mean for the future of his storied career.
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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!
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 co-host Happy Hour and help out on the podcast front.
He now hosts Bringing the Heat with Trey Lyle and oversees the entire podcast operation for Frontstretch.