Frontstretch Happy Hour hosts Bryan Nolen, Michael Massie and Dalton Hopkins are joined by Bringing the Heat’s Trey Lyle in an emergency podcast with dramatic readings of leaked NASCAR text messages that have sent a minor earthquake through the sport.
The courts made these messages public along with hundreds of documents on Friday (Nov. 21) regarding NASCAR vs. 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports. Some of these contained text messages between NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps, NASCAR President Steve O’Donnell and other powerful figures within the league from the last few years.
The content of these messages ranged from reacting to Justin Marks‘ and Denny Hamlin‘s participation in the now defunct SRX Series to insults about Richard Childress after his comments in the media.
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The Happy Hour gang gives a dramatic reading of these texts, reading them word for word, before turning toward their immediate reactions and opinions on them. How will this affect public opinion on the trial, now just over a week away from starting? How will these reports potentially change the relationship between NASCAR and its team owners?
Watch the whole show or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcasts to find out.
Content Director at 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.
Operations Manager and Multimedia Director at Frontstretch
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
Podcast Director at Frontstretch
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.
NASCAR At Track Coordinator at Frontstretch
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