Ride Along with Reutimann, Kahne, Harvick and Earnhardt at Las Vegas on DIRECTV
Event: Shelby American
Previous Winner: Kyle Busch (beat Clint Bowyer by .411 of a second on March 1, 2009)
Date / Time: Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. EST
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Configuration: 1.5-mile D-shaped oval (267 laps = 400.5 miles)
Banking in Corners: 20 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 9 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 9 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,275 feet
Backstretch: 1,572 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: March 1, 1998 – Las Vegas 400 (Winner – Mark Martin)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 142,000
The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is as follows:
DIRECTV Channel 795:
David Reutimann and the No. 00 TUMS Toyota team of Michael Waltrip Racing
David Reutimann will make his 102nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his third at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has one top-five finish in two Sprint Cup starts at Las Vegas … In three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at the 1.5-mile oval, Reutimann has one top-10 finish … The 39-year-old Zephyrhills, Fla., native has one victory and has 15 top-10 finishes in 101 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Reutimann’s sixth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of 16th in 2009 … Ranks eighth in Sprint Cup points.
DIRECTV Channel 796:
Kasey Kahne and the No. 9 Budweiser Ford team of Richard Petty Motorsports
Kasey Kahne will make his 219th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his seventh at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has two poles (2004 and 2007) and three top-10 finishes in six career Sprint Cup starts at Las Vegas … In five NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Kahne has one win (2006) and two top-10 finishes … The 29-year-old Enumclaw, Wash., native has won 11 races and has 77 top-10 finishes in 218 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Kahne’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of eighth in 2006 … Ranks 33rd in Sprint Cup points.
DIRECTV Channel 797:
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Pennzoil Ultra Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing
Kevin Harvick will make his 325th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … The 34-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has scored 11 wins and 131 top-10 finishes in 324 Sprint Cup starts … Has three top-10 finishes in nine starts at Las Vegas … In nine NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Harvick has one win (2004), one pole (2007) and six top-10 finishes … Has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Las Vegas and has two top-10 finishes … Won Nationwide Series championships in 2001 and 2006 and has 34 Nationwide Series victories … Captured 2002 IROC title and his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, Kevin Harvick Inc., won the Truck Series title in 2007 and 2009 with driver Ron Hornaday Jr. … 2009 marks Harvick’s 10th full season of Sprint Cup competition and he finished a career-best fourth in points in 2006 and 2008 … Ranks first in Sprint Cup points with two top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 366th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 11th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has four top-10 finishes in 10 career Sprint Cup starts at Las Vegas … In three NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Earnhardt has never finished worse than sixth … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 143 top-10 finishes in 365 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Earnhardt’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2003 … Ranks 16th in Sprint Cup points.
About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV:
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- True Speed Communication for NASCAR HotPass on DIRECTV, Press Release
