This week on Bringing the Heat with Trey Lyle, Jeremy Clements joins Stephen Stumpf from Pocono. This past weekend’s O’Reilly race was a milestone for Clements, who tied Kenny Wallace for most starts in series history.
Clements reflects on his career, from his first start in 2003, to comparing his role to drivers with more funding and on bigger teams. He also shares how his team came up with the idea to honor Kenny Wallace at Pocono. Clements’ record-breaking start will come in unique fashion at San Diego, and he doesn’t see himself slowing down anytime soon.
After the interview, Chris Graham hops on to talk this week’s hottest topics. That includes RFK Racing announcing that Chris Buescher signed an extension. Both Graham and Lyle feel Buescher could have been a hot commodity, so it was important for RFK to lock Buescher in for another few years. Within the Ford teams, Jesse Love will drive the No. 21 in 2027. Lyle believes it feels like a big signing for the Wood Brothers and Ford, while Graham said it’s a big loss for Chevrolet as well.
In other announcements, Jimmie Johnson is joining the TNT Sports broadcast for their NASCAR slate, which begins in Sonoma. The two believe it’s a bonus to get Johnson’s perspective, both as someone who’s driven a Next Gen car, as well as an owner involved with a Toyota team.
Before the soundbite, Lyle and Graham also take a look at the In-Season Tournament Challenge bracket which was released after Pocono.
This week’s soundbite comes from Erik Jones, who has had a solid couple of weeks with Legacy Motor Club. Lyle and Graham take a second to praise the work the LMC team has done to get into a place where they are weekly contenders in the front half of the field.
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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.
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.
Stephen Stumpf is the NASCAR Content Director for Frontstretch and is a three-year veteran of the site. His weekly column is “Stat Sheet,” and he formerly wrote "4 Burning Questions" for three years. He also writes commentaries, contributes to podcasts, edits articles and is frequently at the track for on-site coverage.
Find Stephen on Twitter @stephen_stumpf
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