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 Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is as follows:
DIRECTV Channel 795:
Mark Martin will make his 763rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 43rd at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … The 51-year-old Batesville, Ark., native has scored 40 wins and 419 top-10 finishes in 761 Sprint Cup starts, meaning he has finished 10th or better in 55 percent of the races he has entered … Has two wins (August 1993 and August 1998), nine poles and 23 top-10 finishes in 42 starts at Bristol … 2010 marks Martin’s 28th season with at least one Sprint Cup start … Has run a full Sprint Cup schedule 21 times and finished a career-best second in points in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2009 … Started fourth and finished 33rd two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Ranks seventh in Sprint Cup points with two top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 796:
Kasey Kahne will make his 221st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12th at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one pole (August 2007) and four top-10 finishes in 12 career Sprint Cup starts at Bristol … The 29-year-old Enumclaw, Wash., native has won 11 races and has 79 top-10 finishes in 220 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Kahne’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of eighth in 2006 … Started sixth and finished fourth two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Ranks 17th in Sprint Cup points with two top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 797:
Denny Hamlin will make his 156th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … The 29-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has scored eight wins and 79 top-10 finishes in 155 Sprint Cup starts, meaning he has finished 10th or better in 50.9 percent of the races he has entered … Has five top-10 finishes in eight starts at Bristol … 2010 marks Hamlin’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2006 … Started 20th and finished 21th two weeks ago at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Ranks 22nd in Sprint Cup points.
DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 368th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 21st at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one win (August 2004) and 11 top-10 finishes in 20 career Sprint Cup starts at Atlanta … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 143 top-10 finishes in 367 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Earnhardt’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2003 … Started first and finished 15th last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Ranks 13th in Sprint Cup points with one top-10 finish.
About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV:
NASCAR HOTPASS is available free to all DIRECTV customers. More information is available at www.directv.com/hotpass.