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Ride Along with Hamlin, Stewart, Kyle Busch and Harvick at Martinsville on DIRECTV

Event: Tums Fast Relief 500
Previous Winner: Denny Hamlin (beat Jimmie Johnson under caution on Oct. 25, 2009)
Date / Time: Sunday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway
Configuration: .526-mile oval (500 laps = 263 miles)
Banking in Corners: 12 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: None
Banking on Backstretch: None
Frontstretch: 800 feet
Backstretch: 800 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: Sept. 25, 1949 – 105 Miles at Martinsville (Winner – Red Byron)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 65,000

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 Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Denny Hamlin will make his 183^rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 11^th at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Has three wins (March 2008, October 2009 and March 2010), one pole (April 2007) and nine top-10 finishes in 10 starts at Martinsville …The 29-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has scored 14 wins and 94 top-10 finishes in 182 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Hamlin’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2006 … Started 23^rd and finished fourth last week at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with six victories and 15 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing

Tony Stewart will make his 424^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 24^th at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Has two wins (October 2000 and April 2006), three poles (April 1999, October 2000, October 2005) and 13 top-10 finishes in 23 starts at Martinsville … The 39-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 39 races and has 246 top-10 finishes in 423 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Stewart’s 12^th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2002 and 2005 … Started 29^th and finished 21^st last week at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup Series points with two wins and 16 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Kyle Busch and the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing

Kyle Busch will make his 218^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12^th at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Has five top-10 finishes in 11 career Sprint Cup starts at Martinsville … The 25-year-old Las Vegas native has 19 wins and 102 top-10 finishes in 217 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Busch’s sixth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of fifth in 2007 … Won 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started sixth and finished second last week at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup Series points with three wins and 17 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 354^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 19^th at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Has seven top-10 finishes in 18 starts at Martinsville … The 34-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., has 14 wins and 150 top-10 finishes in 353 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 24^th and finished eighth last week at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 21 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