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Dodge 500 NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV
Thursday May 8, 2008
Dodge 500 NASCAR HotPass Lineup
Ride Along with Edwards, Earnhardt, Gordon and Sadler at Darlington on DIRECTV
Event: Dodge Challenger 500
Previous Winner: Jeff Gordon (beat Denny Hamlin by .978 of a second on May 13, 2007)
Date / Time: Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. EDT
Track: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway
Configuration: 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval (367 laps = 501.332 miles)
Banking in Turns 1 & 2: 25 degrees
Banking in Turns 3 & 4: 23 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 3 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 2 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,229 feet
Backstretch: 1,229 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: Sept. 4, 1950 – Southern 500 (Winner – Johnny Mantz)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 70,000
In 2007, DIRECTV and NASCAR took the race-day television experience to new heights with the cutting-edge interactive television service, NASCAR HOTPASS™ only on DIRECTV. The new service featured dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and announcer teams in addition to live communications between the drivers and their pit crews.
In addition to the four dedicated driver channels, DIRECTV is raising the bar even further in 2008, offering NASCAR HOTPASS in high-definition and upgrading it to include additional live audio feeds of driver/pit crew communications for 13 different teams.
DIRECTV Channel 795 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 790 (Standard-Definition):
Carl Edwards & the No. 99 Claritin Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing
Carl Edwards will make his 132nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fifth Sprint Cup start at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway… The 28-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has scored 10 wins and 64 top-10 finishes in 131 Sprint Cup starts…Has four top-10 finishes at Darlington, including a fifth-place result in 2007… In three Nationwide Series starts at Darlington, Edwards has finished 11th or better in all of them…Has two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts at the 1.366-mile track and finished fourth in 2004 after starting on the pole…2008 marks Edwards’ fourth full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best third in points in 2005…Has six top-10 finishes in 2008 and ranks 10th in points.
Play-by-Play: Tony Rizzuti
Pit Road Reporter: Mike Wallace
Producer: John Morris
DIRECTV Channel 796 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 791 (Standard-Definition):
Dale Earnhardt Jr., & the No. 88 Mountain Dew /National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
The Dodge Challenger 500 will mark Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 302nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Darlington Raceway … Earnhardt has six top-10 finishes in 13 starts at Darlington, three of which came in his last three races at the 1.366-mile oval… Has four NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Darlington and has never finished worse than 12th…Finished second in 1998 Nationwide Series race… The 33-year-old from Kannapolis, N.C., has won 17 races and eight poles and scored 79 top-fives and 128 top-10s in 301 Sprint Cup starts… 2008 marks Earnhardt’s ninth full-year in Sprint Cup, with a career-best point finish of third in 2003… Finished a season-best second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and has seven top-10 finishes in 2008…Ranks third in Sprint Cup points.
Play-by-Play: Rick Allen
Pit Road Reporter: Phil Parsons
Producer: Chuck McDonald
DIRECTV Channel 797 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 792 (Standard-Definition):
Jeff Gordon and the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Jeff Gordon has 81 victories in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition…The 36-year-old from Vallejo, Calif., has four Sprint Cup championships (1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001) and finished second to teammate Jimmie Johnson in the 2007 point standings… Has 519 Sprint Cup starts and has finished in the top-10 in a staggering 321 of them (61.8 percent)…Will make his 28th start at Darlington, where he has a seven victories (fall 1995, spring & fall 1996, fall 1997, fall 1998, fall 2002 and spring 2007)…Also has 18 top-10 finishes at Darlington and has won three poles at the 1.366 mile oval…Has led 1,580 laps in 27 starts at Darlington…Has won at least two races every season since 1994 and has won more than five races in a season on eight occasions, including winning six races last season… Scored an incredible 30 top-10 finishes in 36 point-paying races in 2007… Has 65 career pole positions…Ranks 13th in 2008 Sprint Cup points with three top-five finishes.
Play-by-Play: Randy Pemberton
Pit Road Reporter: Hermie Sadler
Producer: Fran Morison
DIRECTV Channel 798 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 793 (Standard-Definition):
Elliott Sadler and the No. 19 McDonald’s Dodge team of Gillett Evernham Motorsports
Elliott Sadler will make his 332nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 16th Sprint Cup start at Darlington Raceway… The 33-year-old Emporia, Va., native has scored three wins and 56 top-10 finishes in 331 Sprint Cup starts…Has four top-10 finishes at Darlington, including a fifth-place result in March 2004…Won the pole for the March 2003 event… In seven Nationwide Series starts at Darlington, Sadler has three top-15 finishes and won the pole for the March 1997 race… 2008 marks Sadler’s 10th full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best ninth in points in 2004…Has one top-10 finish in 2008 and ranks 25th in points.
Play-by-Play: Adam Alexander
Pit Road Reporter: Wendy Venturini
Producer: Rich Dewey
NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Coca-Cola 600 May 25 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway
No. 99 Carl Edwards: DIRECTV Channel 795 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 790 (Standard-Definition)
No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: DIRECTV Channel 796 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 791 (Standard-Definition)
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson: DIRECTV Channel 797 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 792 (Standard-Definition)
No. 20 Tony Stewart: DIRECTV Channel 798 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 793 (Standard-Definition)
Teams and drivers are subject to change at anytime.
About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV:
NASCAR HOTPASS is now available at the full-season price of $109. Customers new to DIRECTV can also get a special introductory price. The exclusive service is also available on a pay-per-week basis for $19.99. More information is available on www.directv.com/hotpass. DIRECTV customers can order online, or by calling 1-800-GET SPORTS.
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