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NASCAR HotPass on DIRECTV

Event: Kobalt Tools 500k
Previous Winner: Carl Edwards (beat Ryan Newman by 4.770 on Nov. 14, 2010)
Date / Time: Sunday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. EST
Track: Phoenix International Raceway
Configuration: 1-mile oval (312 laps = 312 miles/500 kilometers)
Banking in Turns 1 and 2: Varies from 10-11 degrees
Banking in Turns 3 and 4: Varies from 8-9 degrees
Banking on Frontstretch: 3 degrees
Banking on Backstretch: 11 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,179 feet
Backstretch: 1,551 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: November 6, 1988 – Checker 500 (Winner – Alan Kulwicki)
Grandstand Seating Capacity: 76,800

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 Kobalt Tools 500k at Phoenix International Raceway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Tony Stewart will make his 463^rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20^th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has one win (November 1999) and 10 top-10 finishes in 19 Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix … The 40-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 43 races and has 264 top-10 finishes in 462 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 fifth and won last week at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with four wins and 17 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 393^rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 18^th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has two wins (April and November 2006) and eight top-10 finishes in 17 starts at Phoenix … The 35-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 173 top-10 finishes in 392 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Harvick’s 11^th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2010 … Won 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … Started 21^st and finished 13^th last week at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with four wins and 18 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 Retro Mountain Dew / National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 434^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 19^th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has two wins (November 2004 and 2005) and eight top-10 finishes in 18 Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 162 top-10 finishes in 433 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 16^th and finished seventh last week at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Ranks seventh in Sprint Cup Series points with 12 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Carl Edwards will make his 264^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 15^th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has one win (November 2010), three poles (November 2007 and 2010, February 2011) and nine top-10 finishes in 14 starts at Phoenix … The 32-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 142 top-10 finishes in 263 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series title … 2011 marks Edwards’ seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2008 … Started seventh and finished second last week at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 24 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