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Allstate 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR HotPass Lineup

Tuesday July 22, 2008

 

Ride Along with Edwards, Earnhardt, J. Gordon and Harvick at Indianapolis on DIRECTV

Event: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard
Previous Winner: Tony Stewart (beat Juan Pablo Montoya by 2.982 seconds on July 28, 2007)
Date / Time: Sunday, July 27 at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Configuration: 2.5-mile oval (160 laps = 400 miles)
Banking in Corners: 9 degrees, 12 minutes
Banking on Straightaways: None
Frontstretch & Backstretch: 5/8 mile
Short Chutes: 1/8 mile
Turns: 1/4 mile
First NASCAR Race: Aug. 6, 1994 – Brickyard 400 (Winner – Jeff Gordon)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: More than 250,000

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 Aflac Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

Carl Edwards will make his 141st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fourth Sprint Cup start at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway… The 28-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has scored 10 wins and 71 top-10 finishes in 140 Sprint Cup starts…Has finished in the top-20 in all of his starts at Indy with a best finish of ninth in 2006…2008 marks Edwards’ fourth full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best third in points in 2005…Has three wins and 13 top-10 finishes in 2008…Ranks fourth in Sprint Cup points.

Play-by-Play: Adam Alexander
Pit Road Reporter: Wendy Venturini
Producer: Keith D’Alessandro

DIRECTV Channel 796 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 791 (Standard-Definition):
Dale Earnhardt Jr., & the No. 88 National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will make his 311th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway… Earnhardt has two top-10 finishes at Indy, including a sixth-place finish in 2006…Has started in the top-six on four occasions…The 33-year-old from Kannapolis, N.C., has won 18 races, eight poles and scored 83 top-fives and 133 top-10s in 310 Sprint Cup starts… 2008 marks Earnhardt’s ninth full-year in Sprint Cup, with a career-best point finish of third in 2003…Won his first race of 2008 in June at Michigan and has 12 top-10 finishes this year…Ranks second 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 528 Sprint Cup starts and has finished in the top-10 in a staggering 325 of them (61.6 percent)…Will make his 15th Sprint Cup start at Indianapolis, where he has four wins (1994, 1998, 2001 and 2004) and 11 top-10 finishes…Scored three pole positions at the 2.5-mile oval (1995, 1996 and 1999)…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… Has eight top-five finishes in 2008… Ranks sixth in 2008 Sprint Cup points.

Play-by-Play: Randy Pemberton
Pit Road Reporter: Hermie Sadler
Producer: Fran Morrison

DIRECTV Channel 798 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 793 (Standard-Definition):
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

Kevin Harvick will make his 270th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his eighth Sprint Cup start at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway… The 32-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has scored 11 wins and 107 top-10 finishes in 269 Sprint Cup starts…Won the 2003 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from the pole and has five top-10 finishes at the 2.5-mile oval … Won NASCAR Nationwide Series championships in 2001 and 2006 and has 32 Nationwide Series victories…Captured 2002 IROC title and his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team, Kevin Harvick Inc., won the Truck Series title in 2007 with driver Ron Hornaday Jr…2008 marks Harvick’s ninth full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best fourth in points in 2006…Has six top-10 finishes in 2008…Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup points.

Play-by-Play: Larry McReynolds
Pit Road Reporter: Matt Yocum
Producer: Ted Laukaitis

NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Aug. 3 at Pocono Raceway

No. 31 Jeff Burton: 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. 24 Jeff Gordon: 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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