Pennzoil did have the "Best Seats in the House"

The day began checking to the credential department at the Kansas Speedway at a little before 6:00 am Sunday morning. I didn't know how much a problem this was going to be but it turn out to be as smooth as silk. The people were very helpful and took very good care of use for being that early in the morning.









Next we enter the track by thought the tunnel under the track where you enter into a city of RV of all kinds. Because we well early birds parking was open right in front of the garage area where we had to meet Judy Dominick of Team Chevy. We had a couple of hour to kill so we walk around the garage area that opens to the crews and press at 7:oo am and talk with some of the team members and Goodyear where we found out everything you would want to know about tire that NASCAR uses





At 9:oo am we contacted Judy and meet her at the Shell/Pennzoil hauler of Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Impala Car 29. You can believe these hauler but more of that later. Judy is great representative for TEAM CHEVROLET and NASCAR. She is very passionate about the entire sport and the people involved with it. She began by giving some back ground about the Shell/Pennzoil team then we had tour of the entire garage area from fuel area to the inspecting to car before the race. After the tour of garage we when out on the track to the Pit Box of Kevin Harvicks. These Pit boxes are unbelievable. They have everything need for the car and team there in them. Plus the on top of Pit Boxes is where the the Crew Chief Todd Berrier sit and control the whole race from. From there we walk down pit lane and saw all of the other teams pit area. We when back into the garage area and then over to the media center where they provide us with lunch. Media Center was very busy area with all the media from around the country base out of this area. After lunch we meet up with Judy again and she gave us a tour of Kevin Harvick Custom car hauler. These are a traveling garage with everything the car and team needs to complete at each track. Judy also expand that after each race the hauler go back to shop unload the cars and parts the last race and pick-up a new cars and parts for the next race. These also have complete offices so the team can communicate with anyone around the world. From the hauler we when back out to Kevin Harvick Pit Box were we meet Todd Berrier the Crew Chief for the Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet car 29 and invited us up to where we had the "Best seat in the House".



These seats were right behind where Todd runs the whole race from. You are less than a few feet from the pit wall where all the action is during the pit stops. To watch these guys in perform these pit stop in the time it take, TV will never be able to give the real filling and speed that these professional are working at or how close that each team and there pit area are. Almost every stop that Kevin Harvick had Kurt Busch pitting in front of him with only inches between them when he exited his pit area. From these seat you are able to watch the entire race, which was pretty awesome.


This was a great with no Major crashes. Kevin started 36th but had a great finish with 6th place. All in all it was a NASCAR Fan Dream day. If you ever get the chance to be involved with the "Best Seat in the House" you want to take advantage of this.

Again I would like to thank everyone involved, first for Kansas Speedway and staff for putting on a great show, Chevrolet and there representative Judy Dominick for unbelievable tour of the track area, Shell/Pennzoil for let be apart of the race action in the pit area and Blair Hefty of Coyne PR originally contact about be

apart of the "Best Seats in the House"program.

Thank you to everyone involved from Frank Upton and Jay Wyckoff of Motor'n TV.

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The Kansas Speedway Recap

Another great race at the Kansas Speedway. There was no problem getting fan to the race. The stands and the infield looked full. It was a great race and a fun weekend.

Bowyer, Jack Daniel's Chevy Rock Solid in Dover

Race: Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA Location: Dover International Speedway – Dover, Del. Start Position: Sixth Finish Position: Eighth Points Position: Sixth (Gained three positions)
DOVER, Del. – Clint Bowyer and the Jack Daniel's Racing team capitalized on a strong race car and turned in a solid eighth-place finish in Sunday's Camping World 400 at Dover International Speedway.
The top-10 showing propelled Bowyer from ninth to sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings. The Emporia, Kan., native is just five points behind Richard Childress Racing teammate Kevin Harvick in fifth and 24 behind fellow RCR driver Jeff Burton in fourth. With eight races remaining in the Chase for Sprint Cup, Bowyer is just 106 points behind current leader Carl Edwards.
The 29-year-old driver blistered Dover's "Monster Mile" in qualifying on Friday afternoon, navigating the race track in 23.125 seconds (155.676 mph). His fast lap was good enough for a starting spot on the outside of the third row for Sunday's second and final stop of 2008 at the high-banked concrete oval.
The green flag waved shortly after 2 p.m. local time and Bowyer spent most of the opening 60 laps racing in the top 10. While he fought a loose-handling condition during the early laps, the two-time Sprint Cup Series winner also offered that his Jack Daniel's Chevy got much better deeper in the run.
Bowyer made his first pit stop during the day's third caution flag with crew chief Gil Martin calling for a fresh set of Goodyears, a chassis adjustment and air pressure adjustments to both right-side tires. Quick work by Mr. Jack's Crew snagged their driver one spot on pit road and when the 43-car field went back to green-flag racing on lap 69, the black and white No. 07 machine was eighth in the running order.
Bowyer ran eighth or ninth over the next 73 laps. When the fourth caution flag waved on lap 142, he informed his team the Jack Daniel's Chevy was good and no changes, other than fuel and tires, were needed during the day's second round of service.
Bowyer was ninth for the lap 148 restart, seventh on lap 156, sixth on lap 152 and fifth before hitting pit road for the third time during the race's eighth caution flag on lap 188.
After different pit strategies began to take shape throughout the previous handful of cautions, Bowyer wound up 16th in the running order after the lead pack made its pit stops with just over 200 laps remaining.
Over the next 79 green-flag laps, the running order eventually cycled back to a sense of normalcy and Bowyer was able to stay out long enough to lead a lap and earn five bonus points. After making his green-flag stop on lap 270, Bowyer was back to 12th before pitting shortly thereafter when the caution finally waved 21 laps later.
The third-year Sprint Cup pilot was 11th when the green flag waved again, 102 laps from the scheduled 400-lap distance, and raced his way up to seventh before the 10th and final caution flag flew on lap 351.
After one final trip to pit road a lap later, Bowyer was ninth when the yellow was lifted but he was able to pick up one spot in the closing laps and finish Round 2 of the Chase for the Sprint Cup eighth in the final rundown.
Greg Biffle earned his second consecutive win, beating teammates Matt Kenseth and Edwards to the checkered flag. Mark Martin was fourth and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
Harvick and Burton also turned in solid performances, finishing sixth and ninth, respectively.
Next weekend is a homecoming for Bowyer as NASCAR's senior circuit visits Kansas City for Round 3 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Live coverage of the Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman from Kansas Speedway will take the green flag Sunday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will be televised on ABC and broadcast worldwide on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 29th of 36 races on the 2008 schedule will be televised live on ESPN2 Friday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. EDT. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live qualifying updates.
Clint Bowyer Quotes:
"It was a really good day for the Jack Daniel's Chevrolet. I needed a couple more laps and I think I could have gotten by Jeff (Gordon) but we got out of Dover with all four fenders and a top 10. We'll take that and roll on to Kansas."

Yes/No Show at Kansas Speedway for Motor'n TV

Here is an update to Kansas Speedway Race this coming Sunday September 28, 2008 at Kansas City, Kansas. Chevrolet and Shell Oil Requested Kansas Speedway provide us with credential for the race this weekend. Which I then receive an email from the Kansas Speedway's Manager of Public Relations Kelly Hale that indicated that Per a request from Chevrolet, Motor'n TV and your staff have been issued credentials. So we will be at the Kansas Speedway and will be reporting back on this event. Would like to thank Chevrolet, Shell Oil and Kelly Hale of the Kansas Speedway for the help they provide in securing the credentials for the Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman. Stay tune.

You may remember Motor'n TV announcing that they would be at the Kansas Speedway on September 28, to be apart of Pennzoil's "Best Seat in the House"program, and to interview Kevin Harvick at the track about his chances in the NASCAR Chase, well this look like it is not going to happen. Kansas Speedway has denied Motor'n TV press passes for this event. It is funny that a larger corporation like Shell Oil (Pennzoil) would invite us to do an interview with their star driver Kevin Harvick but for no reason Kansas Speedway has denied or credential and Hot Pit pass for the up come event. I wonder what they were think? Isn't this a win win for everybody involved?
Pennzoil’s “Best Seat in the House”

Motor'n TV has been chosen to be apart of Pennzoil’s “Best Seat in the House” program for the up coming NASCAR Sprint Cup race event that is to be held at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. We will be doing interviews with Kevin Harvick the drive for the "29" Pennzoil Richard Childress Racing car. We are looking for to this coming event. Watch for upcoming posting.


There is still a couple of days before the race, maybe thinks will get work out.

South Winds Corvette Club Twilight Classic Benefit Car Show

This was a great local cars show. It has as much variety as some of the national show from a 500K Porsche, almost every year of Corvettes and over 300 Hot Rods, Muscle Car, Street Rods, and let not forget the ever growing Rat Rods.
In the Corvette section there was a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe that was a Bloomington Gold Survivor. This car had been in storage for over 30 years. Boy it look really great for being an all original car.

There lots of other great looking vehicles there like this Red Chevrolet Pickup. When the last time you saw a blown Pickup that looked this nice.

There was another nice Ford Pickup that had a garage logo on the side of it. I think these look so cool painted up like they were in the 50's.

There was another nice Ford Pickup that had a garage logo on the side of it. I think these look so cool painted up like they were originally in the 50's.

There was also a 1955 or 56 Ford Fairlane that was very cool. It was slammed to the ground. It just had a great look over all.

There is a Rat Rod that is form the Wichita area that is so cool because the guy built the car from the firewall back out of wood. The seat were metal that look like they were hand formed. The wheels were a blast from the past with the old ET's on the front and 5 Spokes on the rear. The open cockpit is very cool.

I saw this 1958 Chevy Impala that had a great looking metal flake (old School) paint job. Very cool.

There was another Rat Rod that Stout out from the rest. This cars was only about 40'' tall like a Ford GT40 but not really.

I just loved the hat on this blown Chevy Pickup with the real wood painted on the air intakes.

If you ever great a chance to go to The South Winds Clubs Twilight Classic Benefit Car show over on the west of Wichita, Kansas you need to attend this one. They have this show in late September so make sure that you mark it on your Car Calendar of places to be next September.

Motor'n TV

Frank Upton

Keep Up With O7 in the Chase

Jack Daniel's Chevy 12th in New Hampshire
Race: Sylvania 300
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.
Start Position: Fifth
Finish Position: 12th
Points Position: Ninth

LOUDON, N.H. – Clint Bowyer and the Jack Daniels Racing team kicked off the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup with a solid 12th-place finish in Sundays Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Despite struggling with handling woes and a few hiccups on pit road, Bowyer and his Gil Martin-led team stayed on task to come away with a respectable showing. While the Emporia, Kan., driver slipped from fifth to ninth in points, Bowyer is still just nine points behind Kyle Busch, who fell from first to eighth, 10 back from Tony Stewart in seventh, 11 behind Denny Hamlin in sixth and 33 in arrears of Richard Childress Racing teammate Jeff Burton in fifth.

For the second week in a row and seventh time this season, rain washed out qualifying and the 43-car field was set based on points. After the sanctioning body reset the top 12 in points following last weekends race in Richmond, Bowyer was awarded a starting spot on the inside of the third row to coincide with being the fifth-seed in NASCARs 10-race playoff system.

Optimism was high for Bowyer and Company all weekend with the Jack Daniels Chevy being shown atop the speed sheet in all three practice sessions.

The green flag waved just before 2:30 p.m. local time under ominous skies and Bowyer moved up from fifth to third in the opening five laps. He raced as high as second but fell back to fifth before NASCAR waved the first yellow flag of the afternoon on lap 35 to give teams a chance to assess tire wear after rain soaked the area that morning.

The two-time Sprint Cup Series winner informed his team the Jack Daniels Chevy was suffering from a loose-handling condition exiting the corners and, in turn, Martin called for air pressure adjustments to all four new Goodyear tires during the ensuing pit stop.

Back under green on lap 40, now in 10th after several teams opted for only two tires during their stops, Bowyer was up to eighth on lap 44, seventh on lap 45 and back to eighth on lap 80 where he raced until the second yellow waved three circuits later.

Following another trip to the service lane for tires, fuel and chassis adjustments, Bowyer was ninth for the lap 88 restart. He ran in and just outside the top 10 during the next 69 laps but continued to struggle with a loose-handling machine.

Green-flag pit stops were underway just past the halfway mark and once the entire field cycled through their respective trips to pit road, Bowyer was 12th in the running order. He was back in 10th with 120 laps to go but the continued loose condition hampered his forward progress.

The third yellow flag of the day waved on lap 214 and Bowyer made another hard left to the pits for his fourth stop of the day. Again, Martin called for a fresh set of Goodyears, including air pressure adjustments to both rear tires, and a chassis adjustment to try and offer his driver a leg up on the competition.

Still, the third-year Sprint Cup driver wasnt able to gain any ground on the leaders and he was 10th when NASCAR displayed the red flag for a five-car incident coming off turn four.

The field went back to green following a 10-minute hiatus and during the next 17 laps, the Jack Daniels Chevy swung from loose to tight.

The fifth caution waved 34 laps from the checkers but, with track position at a premium, Martin elected to keep Bowyer on the track to preserve the teams position.

Almost on cue, everyone behind Bowyer chose to pit and had fresh tires for the lap 271 restart, leaving the 29-year-old driver with no where to hide when the field went back to green.

Fresh rubber proved to be king and Bowyer plummeted from 10th to 19th over the next nine laps. Fortunately, another caution provided Mr. Jacks Crew a final trip to pit road and a fresh set of tires, affording their driver new life for the closing 17 laps.

With a new lease on life, Bowyer dug in and gouged his way back to 12th before the checkered flag waved.

Greg Biffle notched his first win of the season and jumped to third in points. Jimmie Johnson was second while Carl Edwards was third and assumed the top spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Burton finished fourth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five. Only two drivers outside the Chase, Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr., finished in the top 10.

Bowyers fellow RCR teammate Kevin Harvick was 10th in the final rundown.

Next weekend, NASCARs senior circuit returns to the "Monster Mile" for Round 2 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Flag-to-flag coverage of the Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA from Dover International Speedway will take the green flag Sunday, Sept. 21 beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will be televised live on ABC and broadcast on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 28th points-paying race on the 2008 schedule will be telecast live on ESPN2 Friday, Sept. 19 beginning at 3 p.m. EDT.

Clint Bowyer Quotes:
"It was a decent day for the Jack Daniel's Chevrolet but, I'll be honest, I'm disappointed to have finished 12th. I think we had better car than that. Our pit strategy didn't work out as well as we hoped. We'll be better next week at Dover."

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Your 2008 Chase drivers, doin' Letterman's Top 10 -- er, 12

Look who is in the NASCAR 2008 chase?

Look who is in the NASCAR 2008 chase?

Kyle Busch

Carl Edwards

Jimmie Johnson

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Jeff Burton

Denny Hamlin

Clint Bowyer

Tony Stewart

Greg Biffle

Matt Kenseth

Kevin Harvick

Jeff Gordon
Are these 12 teams really the best in NASCAR? What do you think about NASCAR chase? Let us know.

"THE SHOW" is started!

Here is what we started with. We remove all the wood frame that was in the cab of the truck and replaced with steel. Just the name of the garage that is doing the build is "Burn'n Steel Garage". I guess they really like burning steel. As the build progresses we will be doing updates on the the build. If you would like to know any special about please email Frank at frank@motorntv.com. This build will be a complete frame off restoration an custom job on this Chevrolet truck. Burn'n Steel tell that plan on doing a US tour with truck when it is complete. If you would like to have the truck attend your event or show you can contact Jay Wyckoff at bad32chevy@cox.net to set possible booking of the "THE SHOW".

Here is the first of many to come installment of the build of "THE SHOW". This 1934 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton truck is going to be example of anything can be cool if it is built to look cool.

We will updated this blog most day, so make sure you check back and see how the things are coming along on this build.
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Frank