High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NASCAR Hot Pass is a complementary television package available exclusively on DirecTV in the United States and on various cable satellite providers in Canada. It debuted at the 2007 Daytona 500, which aired on February 18 of that year. In 2007 and 2008, it was a pay-per-view subscription package. However, starting in 2009, it is now free for all DirecTV subscribers, and the features were noticeably downgraded. It is also available in Canada on several providers and in South America and the Caribbean on DirecTV Latin America.