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Ride Along with Harvick, Bowyer, Earnhardt, and Edwards at Kansas on DIRECTV

Event: Price Chopper 400

Previous Winner: Tony Stewart (beat Jeff Gordon by .894 of a second on Oct. 4, 2009)
Date / Time: Sunday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Kansas Speedway in Kansas City
Configuration: 1.5-mile oval (267 laps = 400.5 miles)
Banking in Turns: 15 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 10.4 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch: 2,685 feet
Backstretch: 2,207 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: Sept. 30, 2001 – Protection One 400 (Winner – Jeff Gordon)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 81,687

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 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 351^st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10^th at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City … Has three top-10 finishes in nine starts at Kansas … The 34-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., has 14 wins and 147 top-10 finishes in 350 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 33^rd and finished 15^th last week at Dover (Del.) International Raceway … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 18 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Clint Bowyer and the No. 33 Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

Clint Bowyer will make his 174^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fifth at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City … Has two top-10 finishes in four starts at Kansas … The 31-year-old Emporia, Kan., native has three wins and 76 top-10 finishes in 173 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series title … 2010 marks Bowyer’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2007 … Started 24^th and finished 25^th last week at Dover (Del.) International Raceway … Ranks 12^th in Sprint Cup points with one win and 76 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 392^nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10^th at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City … Has one pole (2002) and four top-10 finishes in nine starts at Kansas … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 149 top-10 finishes in 391 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 32^nd and finished 23^rd last week at Dover (Del.) International Raceway … Ranks 18^th in Sprint Cup points with seven top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Aflac Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

Carl Edwards will make his 222^nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his seventh at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City … Has four top-10 finishes in six starts at Kansas … The 31-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 16 races and has 114 top-10 finishes in 221 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series title … 2010 marks Edwards’ sixth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of second in 2008 … Started 10^th and finished fifth last week at Dover (Del.) International Raceway … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup points with 15 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