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Ride Along with Hamlin, Harvick, Bowyer and Johnson at Talladega on DIRECTV

Event: AMP Energy Juice 500
Previous Winner: Jamie McMurray (beat Kasey Kahne under caution on Nov. 1, 2009)
Date / Time: Sunday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway
Configuration: 2.66-mile oval (188 laps = 500 miles)
Banking in Turns: 33 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 16.5 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 2 degrees
Frontstretch: 4,300 feet
Backstretch: 4,000 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: September 14, 1969 – Talladega 500 (Winner – Richard Brickhouse)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 143,231

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 AMP Energy Juice 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Denny Hamlin will make his 184^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10^th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has three top-10 finishes in nine starts at Talladega …The 29-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has scored 15 wins and 95 top-10 finishes in 183 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Hamlin’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2006 … Started on the pole and won last week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with a series-high seven victories and 16 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 355^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20^th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has one win (April 2010), one pole (May 2005) and eight top-10 finishes in 19 starts at Talladega … The 34-year-old from Bakersfield, Calif., has 14 wins and 151 top-10 finishes in 354 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 36^th and finished third last week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 22 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Clint Bowyer and the No. 33 BB&T Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

Clint Bowyer will make his 178^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10^th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has three top-10 finishes in nine starts at Talladega … The 31-year-old Emporia, Kan., native has three wins and 77 top-10 finishes in 177 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 17^th and finished 38^th last week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks 12^th in Sprint Cup points with one win and 16 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jimmie Johnson will make his 324^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 18^th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has one win (May 2006), two poles (April 2002 and October 2002) and seven top-10 finishes in 17 starts at Talladega … The 35-year-old from El Cajon, Calif., has 53 wins and 199 top-10 finishes in 323 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Johnson’s ninth full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 … Started 19^th and finished fifth last week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with six victories and 19 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 Reelase