Both Stewart-Haas Drivers Featured on NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV at Chicagoland

Both Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman will be among the featured drivers on the NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV lineup from Chicagoland Speedway. NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is free to all DIRECTV customers. It includes 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.

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.