DIRECTV Channel 795:
Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing
Tony Stewart will make his 479th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 27th at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has one win (June 2000) and 18 top-10 finishes in 26 starts at Michigan … The 41-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 46 races and has 272 top-10 finishes in 478 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 22nd and finished third last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks eighth in Sprint Cup Series points with two wins and six top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 796:
Greg Biffle and the No. 16 3M - Salute Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing
Greg Biffle will make his 345th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 19th at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has two wins (August 2004 and June 2005), one pole (August 2011) and 10 top-10 finishes in 18 starts at Michigan … The 42-year-old Vancouver, Wash., native has 17 wins and 131 top-10 finishes in 344 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Biffle’s 10th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2005 … Won 2000 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title and 2002 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started 13th and finished 24th last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and eight top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 797:
Paul Menard and the No. 27 Menards/Duracell Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing
Paul Menard will make his 198th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12th at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has one top-10 finish in 11 starts at Michigan … The 31-year-old Eau Claire, Wis., native has one win and 20 top-10 finishes in 197 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Menard’s ninth season with at least one Sprint Cup Series start and he finished a career-best 17th in points in 2011 … Started third and finished ninth last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks 13th in Sprint Cup Series points with four top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/The Dark Knight Rises/National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 450th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 26th at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has one win (June 2008), two poles (August 2000 and August 2002) and eight top-10 finishes in 25 career Sprint Cup starts at Michigan … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 173 top-10 finishes in 449 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 eighth and finished eighth last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with 11 top-10 finishes.
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