Ride Along with McMurray, Stewart, Newman and Earnhardt at Chicagoland on DIRECTV

NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is 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 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:
Jamie McMurray and the No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet team of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates will make his 277th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his eighth at Chicagoland Speedway … Has one top-10 finish in seven career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval … The 34-year old Joplin, Mo., native has four wins and 85 top-10 finishes in 276 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks McMurray’s eighth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of 11th in 2004 … Started 17th and finished 39th last week at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Ranks 19th in Sprint Cup points with one win and five top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:
Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing will make his 411th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10th at Chicagoland Speedway … Has two wins (2004 and 2007), one pole (2003) and seven top-10 finishes in nine career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval … The 39-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 37 races and has 238 top-10 finishes in 410 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Stewart’s 12th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2002 and 2005 … Started ninth and finished 25th last week at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup points with eight top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:
Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing will make his 315th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at Chicagoland Speedway … Has one win (2003), one pole (2002) and five top-10 finishes in eight career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval … The 32-year-old from South Bend, Ind., has 14 wins and has 127 top-10 finishes in 314 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Newman’s ninth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of sixth in 2002, 2003 and 2005 … Started 14th and finished 26th last week at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Ranks 15th in Sprint Cup points with one win and six top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports will make his 382nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 10th at Chicagoland Speedway … Has one win (2005) and three top-10 finishes in nine career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval … The 35-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 148 top-10 finishes in 381 Sprint Cup starts … 2010 marks Earnhardt’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best point finish of third in 2003 … Won 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … Started 13th and finished fourth last week at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Ranks 11th in Sprint Cup points with six top-10 finishes.