UAW-Dodge 400 NASCAR HotPass Lineup

Ride Along with Burton, Earnhardt, Gordon and Hamlin During UAW-Dodge 400 on DIRECTV

In 2007, DIRECTV and NASCAR took the race-day television experience to new heights with the cutting-edge interactive television service, NASCAR HOTPASS™ only on DIRECTV. The new service featured dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and announcer teams in addition to live communications between the drivers and their pit crews.

In addition to the four dedicated driver channels, DIRECTV is raising the bar even further in 2008, offering NASCAR HOTPASS in high-definition and upgrading it to include additional live audio feeds of driver/pit crew communications for 13 different teams.

DIRECTV Channel 795 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 790 (Standard-Definition):

Jeff Burton & the No. 31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet of Richard Childress Racing

Jeff Burton is in his 15th full season of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition and his fourth full season with Richard Childress Racing (RCR)...The UAW-Dodge 400 will mark his 478th career Sprint Cup Series start and his 11th at Las Vegas…Has 19 Sprint Cup Series victories including two at Las Vegas (1999-2000)…Scored four other top-10 finishes at Las Vegas including a second-place result in 1998…Three-time Nationwide Series winner at Las Vegas (2000, 2002 and 2007)…In seven Nationwide Series starts at Las Vegas, has finished worse than sixth only once…The 40-year-old from South Boston, Va., has seven top-10 Sprint Cup Series point finishes with a career-best third in 2000…Drove first full two seasons in Sprint Cup Series with Stavola Brothers Racing (1994-1995) before moving to Roush Fenway Racing in 1996…Won 17 races with Roush before moving to RCR midway through the 2004 season…Has won two races with RCR (Dover, 2006; Texas, 2007)…Finished second in 1998 IROC championship.

Play-by-Play: Tony Rizzuti

Pit Road Reporter: Mike Wallace

Producer: John Morris

DIRECTV Channel 796 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 791 (Standard-Definition):

Dale Earnhardt Jr., & the No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

The UAW-Dodge 400 will mark Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 294th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at Las Vegas… During that time, the 33-year-old from Kannapolis, N.C., has won 17 races, one pole and scored 76 top-fives and 122 top-10s… 2008 marks Earnhardt’s ninth full-year in Sprint Cup, with a career-best point finish of third in 2003…Earnhardt has two top-10 finishes at Las Vegas, including a second-place finish in March 2003…Won NASCAR Nationwide Series championships in 1998 and 1999 and finished second in the 1998 Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas.

Play-by-Play: Rick Allen

Pit Road Reporter: Phil Parsons

Producer: Chuck McDonald

DIRECTV Channel 797 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 792 (Standard-Definition):

Jeff Gordon & the No. 24 DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jeff Gordon has 81 victories in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition, including three Daytona 500 victories (1997, 1999 and 2005) and four Allstate 400 at the Brickyard wins (1994, 1997, 2001, 2004)...The 36-year-old from Vallejo, Calif., has four Sprint Cup Series championships (1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001) and finished second to teammate Jimmie Johnson in the 2007 point standings… Has 511 Sprint Cup starts and has finished in the top-10 in a staggering 318 of them (62 percent)… Has won at least two races every season since 1994 and has won more than five races in a season on eight occasions, including winning six races last season… Scored an incredible 30 top-10 finishes in 36 point-paying races in 2007… Has 63 career pole positions, including the first starting spot for 1999 Daytona 500…Started all 10 Sprint Cup races at Las Vegas and has five top-five finishes, including a victory in the March 2001 race…Has won more than $93 million in his NASCAR career… Gordon and his wife, Ingrid, welcomed this first child, Ella Sofia, last summer.

Play-by-Play: Randy Pemberton

Pit Road Reporter: Hermie Sadler

Producer: Fran Morison

DIRECTV Channel 798 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 793 (Standard-Definition):

Denny Hamlin & the No. 11 FedEx Kinko’s team of Joe Gibbs Racing

Denny Hamlin is in his third full season in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition and has already built an impressive resume… In 2006, his first full-season in Sprint Cup, he finished third in points and scored two wins…He backed it up in 2007 by scoring one win and making the Chase for the Championship for the second consecutive year…The 27-year-old from Chesterfield, Va., has 82 career starts and has finished in the top-10 50 percent of the time (41 races)…Will make his third Sprint Cup Series start at Las Vegas after finishing 10th in 2006 and third in 2007…Has five career Nationwide Series victories in 94 starts…Has three Nationwide Series starts at Las Vegas with one sixth-place finish and two 12th-place finishes.

Play-by-Play: Adam Alexander

Pit Road Reporter: Wendy Venturini

Producer: Rich Dewey

Next weekend’s NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway:

No. 99 Carl Edwards: DIRECTV Channel 795 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 790 (Standard-Definition)

No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: DIRECTV Channel 796 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 791 (Standard-Definition)

No. 48 Jimmie Johnson: DIRECTV Channel 797 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 792 (Standard-Definition)

No. 9 Kasey Kahne: DIRECTV Channel 798 (High-Definition) and DIRECTV Channel 793 (Standard-Definition)

Teams and drivers are subject to change at anytime.

About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV:

NASCAR HOTPASS is now available at the full-season price of $109. Customers new to DIRECTV can also get a special introductory price. The exclusive service is also available on a pay-per-week basis for $19.99. More information is available on www.directv.com/hotpass. DIRECTV customers can order online, or by calling 1-800-GET SPORTS.

For more information about DIRECTV and NASCAR HOTPASS, please contact Mike Whitmark at 562-546-6008 or mwhitmark@leaderenterprises.com.