The third annual Frontstretch Happy Hour Awards are here.
The podcast panel of Bryan Nolen, Trey Lyle, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins nominate and give out legitimate and funny awards to those who earned them during the 2025 NASCAR season.
Read all of Frontstretch‘s content looking back on 2025 here
This year’s awards show had a new hitch. The hosts picked the nominees, while the fans voted on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) to decide the winners. Plus, as is the case every year, some of the best previous guests pop up throughout the show.
Who is this year’s Driver of the Year? Or who is this year’s coveted Bryan Nolen Dumbass of the Year?
Watch the whole show or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts to find out. Stay tuned for the holiday episode of Happy Hour coming this December featuring NASCAR Jeopardy!
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
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
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.
Is there an award for the Dumbest Idea Of The Year? If not, why not?
Agreed… probably because the list would be endless, along with all the nimrods who take the NA$CAR cheese!!