52nd Daytona 500 NASCAR HotPass Lineup

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 52nd Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway is as follows:
DIRECTV Channel 795:
Kasey Kahne and the No. 9 Budweiser Ford team of Richard Petty Motorsports. Kasey Kahne will make his 217th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 13th at Daytona International Speedway … Has four top-10 finishes in 12 career Sprint Cup starts at Daytona… In 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 2.5-mile oval, Kahne has six top-10 finishes … The 29-year-old Enumclaw, Wash., native has won 11 races and has 77 top-10 finishes in 216 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Kahne’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of eighth in 2006 … Best career Daytona 500 finish was seventh in 2007 and 2008 … Started 19th and finished second in last week’s Budweiser Shootout non-points Sprint Cup race at Daytona.

DIRECTV Channel 796:
Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing. Denny Hamlin will make his 152nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at Daytona International Speedway … The 29-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has scored eight wins and 79 top-10 finishes in 151 Sprint Cup starts, meaning he has finished 10th or better in 52 percent of the races he has entered … Has one top-five finish in eight career Sprint Cup starts at Daytona … Has one win (July 2008) and three top-10 finishes in seven NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 2.5-mile oval … 2010 marks Hamlin’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2006 … Best career Daytona 500 finish was third in 2009 … Started 24th and finished fifth in last week’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

DIRECTV Channel 797:
Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports. Jimmie Johnson has won the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships (2006-2009) and has never finished worse than fifth in points … The 34-year-old from El Cajon, Calif., will make his 292nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 17th at Daytona International Speedway … Has one win (2006 Daytona 500), two poles (2002 and 2008 Daytona 500) and nine top-10 finishes at the 2.5-mile oval … Johnson has won 47 races and has 180 top-10 finishes in 291 Sprint Cup starts, meaning he has finished 10th or better in 61.8 percent of races he has entered … Started 16th and finished 13th in last week’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports. Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 364th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 21st at Daytona International Speedway … Has two wins (July 2001 and February 2004) and 11 top-10 finishes in 20 career Sprint Cup starts at Daytona… In 17 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 2.5-mile oval, Earnhardt has five wins (February 2002, February and July 2003, February 2004 and July 2006) and 10 top-10 finishes … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 142 top-10 finishes in 363 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Earnhardt’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2003 … Started 11th and finished 11th in last week’s Budweiser Shootout race at Daytona.

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