| Every February, fans flock in from all over the world | | | | numbers to watch the Daytona 500, as well. For |
| to witness the running of the NASCAR Daytona 500. | | | | more than a decade, the ratings for the Daytona 500 |
| This race has been running for half a century, and | | | | have been the highest for any automobile race of |
| there are no signs that this great event will be ending | | | | the entire year, surpassing the Indianapolis 500. In |
| any time in the near future. The NASCAR Daytona | | | | fact, in 2006, the Daytona 500 had the sixth largest |
| 500 is the first race of the NASCAR season, and | | | | viewing audience of any sporting event, and included |
| what a way to kick off the year's racing contests. It | | | | more than twenty million viewers. |
| is regarded as the most significant and the most | | | | Many of those fans who can't get to Daytona have |
| prestigious race that occurs during the NASCAR | | | | found that they have an even better vantage point |
| season. | | | | from which to watch the race, right in their own |
| And really, who can blame those fans for wanting to | | | | homes. DirecTV's NASCAR Hotpass package |
| flock to Daytona every year in February? For many | | | | provides 28 different camera angles in its race |
| of those fans, just getting away from their cold | | | | coverage. In addition, DirecTV has feeds from the |
| home towns to the sunny shores of Daytona are | | | | cars of four different drivers from the top of the list. |
| reason enough to come to the race. For the drivers | | | | There is a camera in the pit box, there is a pit crew |
| and crews participating in the race, however, there is | | | | shoulder camera, and there are overhead corner |
| something else that draws them to Daytona, and | | | | cameras in two of the turns on the track (turns one |
| that is cold, hard, cash. The Daytona 500 has the | | | | and three). DirecTV also provides plenty of audio |
| largest purse of the entire NASCAR season and this | | | | coverage of the NASCAR Daytona 500, with two |
| year the winnings will exceed $18.6 Million dollars. | | | | announcers covering each of the drivers with |
| While the points that are awarded are the same as | | | | cameras in their cars, audio feeds of communication |
| any of the other Sprint Cup races, the honor and the | | | | between the driver, the spotter, and the team, and |
| monetary rewards place the Daytona 500 ahead of | | | | even feeds of some communication between drivers |
| the rest of the pack. | | | | and teams that are not a part of the featured |
| Not only do fans flock to Daytona for the NASCAR | | | | drivers coverage. |
| Daytona 500, fans turn on the television in record | | | | |