NASCAR DIRECTV HOTPASS Lineup for the Aaron's 499 at Talladega

Ride Along with Johnson, Truex, Earnhardt and Edwards at Talladega on DIRECTV 


Event:     Aaron’s 499
Previous Winner:   Jimmie Johnson (beat Clint Bowyer by .002 of a second on April 17, 2011) 
Date / Time:    Sunday, May 6, at 1 p.m. EDT 
Track:     Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway 
Configuration:    2.66-mile oval (188 laps = 500 miles) 
Banking in Turns:   33 degrees 
Banking on Frontstretch:   16.5 degrees 
Banking on Backstretch:   2 degrees 
Frontstretch:    4,300 feet 
Backstretch:    4,000 feet 
First Sprint Cup Series Race:  September 14, 1969 – Talladega 500 (Winner – Richard Brickhouse) 
Grandstand Seating Capacity:    143,231 

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 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. 


The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is as follows:   

DIRECTV Channel 795:  Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports. 

DIRECTV Channel 796:  Martin Truex Jr., and the No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota team of Michael Waltrip Racing. 

DIRECTV Channel 797:  Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports.

DIRECTV Channel 798: Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Fastenal Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing.

About NASCAR HOTPASS on DIRECTV: 
NASCAR HOTPASS is available free to all DIRECTV customers. More information is available at www.directv.com/hotpass.