"The entire Charlotte region is rich in automotive and motorsports history and culture, and is fast becoming the center for all motorsports disciplines," says Brenton managing partner Jim Cozzie. "We already spend a considerable amount of time in the area with our production crews filming material for our current productions. So having an operation there just makes good strategic sense."

The latest Brenton facility is located in the Talbert Pointe Business Park. "It's very important to the future of our business to continually work on programming and delivery development," says managing partner Ron Winter. "As a standalone facility, our development team can focus on creating future products and delivery methods unencumbered by the day-to-day activities of the production team."

Brenton Productions began 22 years ago with Shadetree Mechanic, the first how-to automotive series, on TNN (now Spike TV.) Brenton Productions founder and current Chairman Frank McGonagle spent 28 years as vice president of marketing at Honeywell's automotive division responsible for Fram filters, Autolite spark plugs and Bendix brakes. He launched the famous Fram filter commercial tag line: "You Can Pay Me Now or You Can Pay Me Later."

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