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NASCAR HotPass on DIRECTV

Event: Ford 400
Previous Winner: Carl Edwards (beat Jimmie Johnson by 1.608 seconds on Nov. 21, 2010)
Date / Time: Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. EST
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway
Configuration: 1.5-mile oval (267 laps = 400.5 miles)
Banking in Turns: 18-20 degrees (variable)
Banking on Straightaways: 4 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,760 feet
Backstretch: 1,760 feet
First Sprint Cup Series Race: November 14, 1999 – Pennzoil 400 (Winner – Tony Stewart)
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 are available for all 36 points-paying races during the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Tony Stewart will make his 464^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 13^th at Homestead-Miami Speedway … Has two wins (1999 and 2000) and six top-10 finishes in 12 Sprint Cup starts at Homestead … The 40-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 43 races and has 265 top-10 finishes in 463 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 eighth and finished third last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with four wins and 18 top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 394^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 11^th at Homestead-Miami Speedway … Has eight top-10 finishes in 10 starts at Homestead … The 35-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 173 top-10 finishes in 393 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 27^th and finished 19^th last week at Phoenix International Raceway … 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 National Guard / AMP Energy Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 435^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12^th at Homestead-Miami Speedway … Has two top-15 finishes in 11 Sprint Cup starts at Homestead … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 162 top-10 finishes in 434 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 22^nd and finished 24^th last week at Phoenix International Raceway … 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 265^th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his eighth at Homestead-Miami Speedway … Has two wins (2008 and 2010), one pole (2005) and six top-10 finishes in seven Sprint Cup starts at Homestead … The 32-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 143 top-10 finishes in 264 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 ninth and finished second last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 25 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