NASCAR HotPass

Four individual driver channels focus on top NASCAR drivers each week.* Dedicated announcers and 28 cameras ensure you won't miss a second of the heart-pounding action.

Watch up to three camera views on one screen to experience the race from all points of view. Cameras include an in-car camera, two overhead corner cameras in turns 1 and 3, a pit-box overhead camera and a pit crew shoulder camera.

Real-time stats chart speed, RPMs and other data on multiple channels. Live two-way audio between the driver, crew chief and spotter take you behind the scenes, bringing you closer to the driver, their team and the on-track, jaw-clenching intensity.

New in 2008, enhanced audio options will allow you to listen to more drivers than ever before.

Redefining Thunder: NASCAR in HD

As the cars rounded the last turn of the 2007 Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick swung to the outside to go door to door with Mark Martin down the final straightaway, while behind them a screeching chaos of crushed steel and smoke abruptly ended the victory hopes of the rest of the pack with just a few hundred yards to go. Harvick took the checkered flag by a mere .02 seconds. Millions of NASCAR fans found themselves on the edge of their seats, having witnessed one of the most thrilling finishes in Daytona history.

And if you were a DIRECTV NASCAR HotPass subscriber, it was an experience unmatched in its intensity. That's because you were right there behind the wheel with Kevin Harvick, as he took the final turn, as he passed the finish line.

NASCAR HotPass, a subscription package available only on DIRECTV, gives new meaning to being in the driver's seat. Every week, 28 dedicated cameras follow four top drivers in every race — each with his own channel and team of announcers — to put you as close to the action as humanly possible. You're taken inside their cars as they tear down the track at 200+ mph. Two overhead corner cameras place you on turns 1 and 3. And a pit box overhead camera and a pit crew shoulder camera give you unique behind-the-scenes access.

And for the 2008 season, just in time for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on February 17, things get even better. This year, NASCAR HotPass will be broadcast in HD. Subscribers who have HD Access ($9.99/month) and HD equipment will see every one of the 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in unprecedented detail and realism. Talk about feeling the thunder. And on top of the individual driver-dedicated camera views, enhanced audio features allow viewers to listen to 13 drivers' communications with their teams.

To get any deeper into NASCAR action, you'd have to become a NASCAR driver yourself.