I was trolling the DirecTV channels earlier this AM, when I happened upon an Early Bird Offer for DirecTV’s exclusive HotPass, which will broadcast all 36 of next season’s NASCAR Nextel Cup races from an in-car, driver perspective. I’d blogged about it briefly here.
From DirecTV:
NASCAR HotPass uses five channels to focus on five of NASCAR’s top drivers each week of the NEXTEL Cup Series. 25 dedicated cameras will cover only these five drivers for that race. Cameras will 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 giving you unique access to the drivers during the race. Real time data tracks the speed, RPMs and other stats. HotPass will also change the way you listen to NASCAR: each HotPass channel has two NASCAR announcers describing the action of that particular driver, and youll also hear communications between the driver, his spotter and team
The FAQ also says:
HotPass also includes network coverage of the race in a smaller window on your screen so you will not miss out on their great coverage of the bigger race developments of that race.
And, best of all worlds, the Early Bird offer consists of two payments of $39.50, or $79, as opposed to the regular price of $99. I’m in. As I wait out the 64 days until the Daytona 500, I can lobby SWMBO for a bigger screen teevee.
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