The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Crown Royal 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is as follows:
DIRECTV Channel 795:
Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet team of Stewart-Haas Racing
Tony Stewart will make his 484th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has two wins (2005 and 2007), one pole (2002) and nine top-10 finishes in 13 Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis … Stewart has raced Sprint Cup cars (13x), Indy cars (5x) and IROC cars (3x) to earn a total of 21 Indianapolis starts … Stewart won his sixth career Sprint Cup pole for the 2002 Brickyard 400, and in doing so, became the first driver to have started from the pole and led the first lap in both the Indianapolis 500 (1996) and the Brickyard 400 … Stewart’s average speed for his Indianapolis 500 pole was 233.100 mph, while his Brickyard 400 pole came at 182.960 mph – a difference of more than 50 mph … The 41-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 47 races and has 275 top-10 finishes in 483 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 10th and finished 12th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks seventh in Sprint Cup points with three wins and nine top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 796:
Paul Menard and the No. 27 Menards-Nibco Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing
Paul Menard will make his 203rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his sixth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has one win (2011) and one top-10 finish in five Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis … The 31-year-old Eau Claire, Wis., native has one win and 20 top-10 finishes in 202 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Menard’s ninth season with at least one Sprint Cup start and he finished a career-best 17th in points in 2011 … Started 13th and finished 17th two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks 15th in Sprint Cup points with four top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 797:
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing
Kevin Harvick will make his 414th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has one win (2003), one pole (2003) and seven top-10 finishes in 11 Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 183 top-10 finishes in 413 Sprint Cup starts …Won 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … 2012 marks Harvick’s 12th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2010 … Started 12th and finished eighth two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup points with nine top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 455th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 13th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Has two top-10 finishes in 12 career Sprint Cup starts at Indianapolis … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 19 races and has 176 top-10 finishes in 454 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 ninth and finished fourth two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon … Ranks second in Sprint Cup points with one win and 14 top-10 finishes.
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