{"id":335890,"date":"2025-12-10T02:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335890\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T02:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:48:05","slug":"reacting-to-day-7-of-the-nascar-vs-23xi-frm-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/335890\/","title":{"rendered":"Reacting to Day 7 of the NASCAR vs. 23XI\/FRM Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of Bringing the Heat, host Trey Lyle is joined by Bryan Nolen to break down day seven of the NASCAR vs. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports antitrust trial.<\/p>\n<p>Lyle and Nolen begin by recapping the final portion of the cross-examination of the plaintiff\u2019s expert witness Dr. Edward Snyder, an economist and former dean at Yale University, the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia. The discussion centered on Snyder\u2019s comparison of Formula 1 and NASCAR financial models.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation then shifted to the day\u2019s marquee testimony from NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps. Lyle and Nolen discussed Phelps\u2019 expanding responsibilities within the sport, his compensation and his involvement in the Next Gen car rollout and charter negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Next, <a href=\"https:\/\/frontstretch.com\/tag\/richard-childress\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Childress <\/a>took the stand and detailed events surrounding Sept. 6, a date he testified made him feel obligated to sign the charter agreement. Lyle and Nolen compared Childress\u2019 testimony with earlier testimony from Heather Gibbs, noting similarities in how both described the days\u2019 events.<\/p>\n<p>The final witness of the day was NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France. Lyle and Nolen examined how France\u2019s inability to recall certain key events could reflect poorly on NASCAR\u2019s position in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Watch here or listen wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontstretch.com\/donate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/frontstretch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/frontstretch-donate.avif\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Donate to Frontstretch\" class=\"wp-image-1366571\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/frontstretch.com\/author\/treyl\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/m5V_tbV7_400x400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150\" alt=\"Trey Lyle\" itemprop=\"image\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcast Director\u00a0at\u00a0Frontstretch<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Trey joined FS in 2023 to co-host Happy Hour and help out on the podcast front.<\/p>\n<p>He now hosts Bringing the Heat with Trey Lyle and oversees the entire podcast operation for Frontstretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/frontstretch.com\/author\/nolen\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ec1922c34c575a64f83b5516bc0046a9b1204d12d999513819a401865c33f992\"  class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Operations Manager and Multimedia Director\u00a0at\u00a0Frontstretch<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBryanNolen\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@TheBryanNolen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this episode of Bringing the Heat, host Trey Lyle is joined by Bryan Nolen to break down&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-335890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}