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Ride Along with Hamlin, Gordon, Harvick and Earnhardt at Pocono on DIRECTV

Event: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500
Previous Winner: Denny Hamlin (beat Juan Pablo Montoya by .869 of a second on Aug. 3, 2009)
Date / Time: Sunday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Pocono (Pa.) Raceway
Configuration: 2.5-mile triangle (200 laps = 500 miles)
Banking in Turn 1: 14 degrees
Banking in Turn 2: 8 degrees
Banking in Turn 3: 6 degrees
Frontstretch: 3,740 feet
Backstretch: 3,055 feet
Shortstretch: 1,780 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: Aug. 4, 1974 – Purolator 500 (Winner – Richard Petty)

NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is back, and it’s FREE to all DIRECTV customers. Four dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and audio of the network broadcast augmented by live communication between the drivers and their pit crews is available for all 36 point-paying races during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing

Denny Hamlin will make his 172^nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10^th at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … The 29-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has scored 13 wins and 87 top-10 finishes in 170 Sprint Cup starts … Has four wins (June 2006, July 2006, August 2009 and June 2010) and seven top-10 finishes in nine starts at Pocono … 2010 marks Hamlin’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2006 … Started 18^th and finished 15^th last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with five victories and eight top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Jeff Gordon and the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jeff Gordon will make his 602^nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 36^th at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Has four wins (June 1996, June 1997, July 1998 and June 2007), three poles (June 1996 and June 1998) and 24 top-10 finishes in 35 starts at Pocono … The 38-year-old from Vallejo, Calif., has 82 wins and 372 top-10 finishes in 601 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Gordon’s 18^th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001 … Started eighth and finished 23^rd last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with 11 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

Kevin Harvick will make his 343^rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20^th at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Has six top-10 finishes in 19 starts at Pocono … The 34-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., has 13 wins and 143 top-10 finishes in 342 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Harvick’s 10^th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of fourth in 2006 and 2008 … Won 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started ninth and finished second last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway… Ranks first in Sprint Cup points with two wins and 14 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 384^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 22^nd at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Has one pole (August 2007) and six top-10 finishes in 21 career Sprint Cup starts at Pocono … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 148 top-10 finishes in 383 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Earnhardt’s 11^th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2003 … Won 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … Started 17^th and finished 27^th last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Ranks 14^th in Sprint Cup points with six top-10 finishes.

About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV:

NASCAR HOTPASS is available free to all DIRECTV customers. More information is available at www.directv.com/hotpass.

- True Speed Communication for NASCAR HotPass on DIRECTV, Press Release