With Frontstretch Happy Hour hosts Bryan Nolen and Dalton Hopkins out this week, Michael Massie is joined by Bringing the Heat host Trey Lyle and producer Chris Graham.
Ed Lane, host of The Fast Lane on 93.3 FM Lynchburg and VTRN Sports, returns to talk Ty Gibbs‘ first career NASCAR Cup Series win that happened at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday (April 12). The four guys then get into the tire Goodyear brought on Sunday compared to the high-tire-wear races seen at Bristol and what the tire company should do in the future.
The zMAX CARS Tour raced raced at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway this past weekend as well. With some complaints about Bristol’s spring attendance and Speedway Motorsports’ efforts to get the Fairgrounds on the NASCAR schedule, the quartet debate whether the latter should replace the former.
The gang also dives into Kyle Busch‘s retaliatory wreck of Riley Herbst. What was the intention of it, and should there have been a penalty?
Watch the whole show above, on YouTube, or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
Chris Graham is a motorsports producer, director, and broadcast engineer based in the Philadelphia-area. Through his work with NRN Productions, he’s helped build and execute live race coverage and sports streaming workflows ranging from lean, two-to-three person crews to full broadcast-style productions. Chris has worked across nearly every position in the truck—producing, directing, technical directing, replay, graphics, camera operation, and engineering—and has supported events and partners including FloSports, the ASA STARS National Tour, and Diamond State Digital. He’s also involved in developing live show formats and digital coverage that bring fans closer to the stories behind the racing. He is currently also the producer for the Frontstretch podcast Happy Hour.