Bringing the Heat host Trey Lyle and Tom Bowles are joined by Dalton Hopkins, who was in the Charlotte, N.C., courtroom on Wednesday, Dec. 3, for day three of the antitrust lawsuit between NASCAR and 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports.
The podcast started with the three discussing the overall vibe of the day and the trial so far, who they believe has the advantage early on and how the jury is perceiving this case.
Hopkins then went into detail about what he witnessed on the final part of Scott Prime’s — NASCAR’s EVP and Chief Strategy Officer — testimony from 23XI/FRM attorney Jeffrey Kesler, and the cross-examination from NASCAR lawyer Lawrence Buterman.
The second and final witness of the day was Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins, who got to tell his story of starting in the sport and how his financials have been since they entered. Hopkins also discussed how Buterman may have mishandled his line of questioning with Jenkins.
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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.
Majority Owner and Editor in Chief at Frontstretch
The author of Did You Notice? (Wednesdays) Tom spends his time overseeing Frontstretch’s 40+ staff members as its majority owner and Editor-in-Chief. Based outside Philadelphia, Bowles is a two-time Emmy winner in NASCAR television and has worked in racing production with FOX, TNT, and ESPN while appearing on-air for SIRIUS XM Radio and FOX Sports 1’s former show, the Crowd Goes Wild. He most recently consulted with SRX Racing, helping manage cutting-edge technology and graphics that appeared on their CBS broadcasts during 2021 and 2022.
You can find Tom’s writing here, at CBSSports.com and Athlonsports.com, where he’s been an editorial consultant for the annual racing magazine for 15 years.
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