Robert Bravender:  

Shortly after graduation, I moved with the family down to Memphis, TN, where my dad had gotten a job with the University of Memphis. Graduating with a degree in film production in 1986, I married my college sweetheart Nancy in '87, and we now have four kids --I know, it stuns me too. With one boy and three girls, our eldest daughter is now attending college in the area (Eastern TN State University). After college I bopped around Careerland for a while, even working as a carpenter for a couple of years, before I became the editor of a magazine published by the National Muscle Car Association (NMCA). A division of Competition Cams, an automotive performance company based in Memphis, we had eight great years before the NMCA was sold to Hot Rod Magazine. Opting out of moving to expensive Southern CA, I took a job with a TV production company at the other end of TN near Bristol (home of the famous NASCAR track), and have since been writing and producing shows for ESPN, Outdoor Channel, Oxygen and now Fox Sports Net (FSN). Some of the series I have produced include "Super Chevy Show", "Mothers Car Show Series", "Bidding Wars", "Motor Mania", "In the Drivers Seat", "World of Trucks", the "Lokar Car Show Series", the "USAR Pro Cup Series" (formally known as the Hooter's Cup), and now "Motorhead Garage," which reunites Dave Bowman and Sam Memmolo from the now classic "Shadetree Mechanic." For those traveling through the Mountain South, I've also written articles for Marquee, a regional lifestyle publication, an...Expand for more