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Ride Along with Menard, Montoya, Earnhardt and Edwards at Indianapolis on DIRECTV

Event: 18^th Brickyard 400
Previous Winner: Jamie McMurray (beat Kevin Harvick by 1.391 seconds on July 25, 2010)
Date / Time: Sunday, July 31, at 1 p.m. EDT
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Configuration: 2.5-mile oval (160 laps = 400 miles)
Banking in Corners: 9 degrees, 12 minutes
Banking on Straightaways: None
Frontstretch & Backstretch: 5/8 mile
Short Chutes: 1/8 mile
Turns: 1/4 mile
First NASCAR Race: Aug. 6, 1994 – Brickyard 400 (Winner – Jeff Gordon)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: More than 250,000

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 are available for all 36 points-paying races during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the 18^th Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Paul Menard and the No. 27 Nibco-Menards Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

Paul Menard will make his 167^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fifth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has two top-20 finishes in four starts at Indianapolis … The 30-year-old Eau Claire, Wis., native has 13 top-10 finishes in 166 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Menard’s eighth season with at least one Sprint Cup Series start and he finished a career-best 23^rd in points in 2010 … Started ninth and finished 24^th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks 19^th in Sprint Cup Series points with five top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Juan Pablo Montoya and the No. 42 Target Chevrolet team of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

Juan Pablo Montoya will make his 165^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fourth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway… Has one pole (2010) and one top-five finish in four starts at Indianapolis … The 35-year-old from Bogota, Colombia, has two wins and 47 top-10 finishes in 164 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Montoya’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of eighth in 2009 … Won 2000 Indianapolis 500, 1999 CART championship and has seven Formula 1 victories … Started eighth and finished 30^th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks 17^th in Sprint Cup Series points with six top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 419^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12^th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has two top-10 finishes in 11 career Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis … The 36-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 158 top-10 finishes in 418 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Earnhardt’s 12^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 27^th and finished 15^th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup Series points with eight top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Carl Edwards will make his 249^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his seventh at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has three top-10 finishes in six starts at Indianapolis … The 31-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 131 top-10 finishes in 248 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series title … 2011 marks Edwards’ seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of second in 2008 … Started 15^th and finished 13^th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 13 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