This week’s episode of Bringing the Heat With Trey Lyle features a special doubleheader of sorts, with interviews from both Austin Dillon and Tyler Ankrum. First off, Dillon discusses with Bryan Nolen his current roles within and outside of RCR, from ownership of the Carolina Cowboys to how much longer he plans on racing for his team.
Next, Ankrum joins Michael Massie ahead of his first start in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series at Talladega at the end of April. Ankrum shares some perspective about the sorts of things a driver has to think about when making the switch from a truck to an O’Reilly car.
After the back-to-back interviews, Dalton Hopkins and Lyle focus on this week’s biggest topics. That includes a contract extension for Ryan Blaney. Lyle and Hopkins debate whether or not this makes Blaney the center point of Penske’s NASCAR program.
The two also take a look at new ways NASCAR will try to enforce track limits at Watkins Glen this weekend. While it may make for some more chaos, Hopkins is not a fan of this attempt from the series to prevent drivers from running wide.
The soundbite of the week comes from Hopkins’ interview with Ryan Preece on pit road after the race at Texas Motor Speedway. Preece explained what happened with his run-in with Ty Gibbs. Lyle and Hopkins review Preece’s post-race comments and whether or not Preece deserved a fine and point penalty.
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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!
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.
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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.