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NASCAR HotPass on Directv

Event: AAA 400
Previous Winner: Jimmie Johnson (beat Jeff Burton by 2.637 seconds on Sept. 26, 2010)
Date / Time: Sunday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. EDT
Configuration: 1-mile concrete oval (400 laps = 400 miles)
Banking in Turns: 24 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 9 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 9 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,076 feet
Backstretch: 1,076 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: July 6, 1969 – Mason-Dixon 300 (Winner – Richard Petty)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 135,000

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 AAA 400 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge team of Penske Racing

Brad Keselowski will make his 82^nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fourth at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Has one top-15 finish in three Sprint Cup starts at Dover … The 27-year-old Rochester Hills, Mich., native has four wins and 18 top-10 finishes in 81 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Keselowski’s second full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of 25^th in 2010 … Won 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started 16^th and finished second last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks third in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 12 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing

Tony Stewart will make his 457^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 26^th at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Has two wins (June and September 2000) and 15 top-10 finishes in 25 starts at Dover … The 40-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 41 races and has 260 top-10 finishes in 456 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Stewart’s 13^th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2002 and 2005 … Started 20^th and won last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with two wins and 13 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Jimmie Johnson will make his 356^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20^th at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Has six wins (June and September 2002, June 2005, May and September 2009, and September 2010), three poles (September 2007, 2009, and 2010) and 13 top-10 finishes in 19 starts at Dover … The 36-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 54 wins and 221 top-10 finishes in 355 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Johnson’s 10^th full year in Sprint Cup and he has won the last five championships (2006-2010) … Started 10^th and finished 18^th last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks 10^th in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 18 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 428^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 24^th and Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Has one win (September 2001) and seven top-10 finishes in 23 starts at Dover … The 36-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 160 top-10 finishes in 427 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Earnhardt’s 12^th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2003 … Won 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … Started 12^th and finished 17^th last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup Series points with 10 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