This week on Bringing the Heat with Trey Lyle, Jeff Thomas, Vice President of Marketing at My Place Hotels, joins the show. You’ve heard the ad reads, and this week, Thomas hops on to go more in-depth about the hotel experience My Place offers for race fans. And don’t forget! The code FRONTSTRETCH gives you 10% off your next hotel stay; just go to myplacehotels.com to book your next vacation today.
The two also talk racing, as Thomas has grown into an avid race fan. He loves connecting with other race fans through My Place, providing a place for them to stay and enjoy their favorite sport with the help of a good night’s sleep.
Following the interview, Michael Massie follows up his Happy Hour appearance to review some of this week’s hottest topics. Massie and Lyle share their thoughts on Steve O’Donnell taking over as the CEO of NASCAR, highlighting the biggest challenges O’Donnell may face in this new role.
This week, Richard Childress Racing announced another change in leadership with the No. 8 crew, as Andy Street will take over crew chief duties for Kyle Busch. Massie is unsure the adjustment will make a major impact on performance for that car while Lyle believes problems may run deeper for the team as a whole.
Finally, the CW has a new partnership with ESPN announced this week. Lyle and Massie break down the details of what the deal means for being able to keep up with the NASCAR O’Reilly Parts Series via streaming platforms.
The soundbite of the week comes from Busch, who was discussed earlier. The No. 8 team earned its first top-10 finish of the season at Talladega, a promising performance that still didn’t prevent a personnel shift internally. Massie and Lyle focus on Busch’s comments regarding the changes to the race breakup and how it did or did not impact the on-track product.
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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!
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.
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.