DOVER, Del. – It wasn’t a typical day at Dover International Speedway on Tuesday, July 19. The 140,000 seats were empty. The roar of an 800-horsepower NASCAR NEXTEL Cup engine was no where to be found.

Instead, a GMC Hummer with 22-inch wheels, vertical-open doors, four subwoofers, and a 42-inch flat screen plasma TV was parked at an angle on the frontstretch. 15 crew members scrambled to get the right angle. Hip-hop recording artists Mr. Reeze and Jeff Lake were strategically positioned on a set of Goodyear tires.

Reeze and Lake were at the Monster Mile to film “Over The Wall,” a song dedicated to pit crew members, and “You Can’t Catch Me.” The video footage will be used on NASCAR Nation, the popular one-hour program on the Speed Channel. The show is broadcast nationally Monday through Thursday at 7 p.m.

As best friends for 13 years and now business partners, they own a production company called Put Ya Hands Up, Inc. Their first hip-hop album, Change Your Name, is due out in February 2006.

“I like performing, entertaining, seeing people smile, and being good at what I do,” Lake said. “I love fans from all genres.”

Although this is their first venture into the world of NASCAR, they have been fans of the sport for a long time.

“I love NASCAR,” Reeze said. “Our favorite drivers are Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.”

---------This segment aired last week and the second song aired today. Decent songs and they actually talk about 20-sec. pitstops, crossing the pit box line, drafting....kinda cool and different. They also have a website, www.putyahandsup.com, and are based in Philly.