Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing

Denny Hamlin will make his 253rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has five top-10 finishes in 14 starts at Talladega … The 31-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has 22 wins and 126 top-10 finishes in 252 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Hamlin’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2010 … Started first and finished eighth last week at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with five wins and 15 top-10 finishes.   

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing

Tony Stewart will make his 494th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 28th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has one win (October 2008) and 13 top-10 finishes in 27 starts at Talladega … The 41-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 47 races and has 280 top-10 finishes in 493 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Stewart’s 14th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2002, 2005 and 2011 … Started 24th and finished 20th last week at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with three wins and 14 top-10 finishes.

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jimmie Johnson will make his 393rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 22nd at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has two wins (May 2006 and April 2011), two poles (April and October 2002) and nine top-10 finishes in 21 starts at Talladega … The 37-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 58 wins and 244 top-10 finishes in 392 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Johnson’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup and he has five championships (2006-2010) … Started 11th and finished fourth last week at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with three wins and 20 top-10 finishes.     

 

DIRECTV Channel 798:

Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/ National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 465th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 26th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway … Has five wins (October 2001, April 2002, October 2002, April 2003 and October 2004) and 13 top-10 finishes in 25 starts at Talladega … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 19 races and has 180 top-10 finishes in 464 Sprint Cup starts … Won 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … 2012 marks Earnhardt’s 13th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2003… Started 25th and finished 11th last week at Dover (Del.) International Speedway … Ranks seventh in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 18 top-10 finishes.

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