Quaker State 400 NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

 

Denny Hamlin will make his 240th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his second at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta … Started 26th and finished 11th in the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky last year … The 31-year-old Chesterfield, Va., native has 19 wins and 119 top-10 finishes in 239 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Hamlin’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2010 … Started 16th and finished 35th last week at the 1.99-mile road course in Sonoma, Calif. … Ranks eighth in Sprint Cup Series points with two wins and eight top-10 finishes.   

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

 

Tony Stewart will make his 481st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his second at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta … Started ninth and finished 12th in the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky last year … The 41-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 46 races and has 274 top-10 finishes in 480 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 second last week at the 1.99-mile road course in Sonoma, Calif. … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup Series points with two wins and eight top-10 finishes.

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing

 

Kevin Harvick will make his 411th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his second at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta … Started 19th and finished 16th in the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky last year … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 182 top-10 finishes in 410 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 26th and finished 16th last week at the 1.99-mile road course in Sonoma, Calif. … Ranks sixth in Sprint Cup Series points with eight 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 452nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his second at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta … Started 29th and finished 30th in the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky last year … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 174 top-10 finishes in 451 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 19th and finished 23rd last week at the 1.99-mile road course in Sonoma, Calif. … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with 12 top-10 finishes.

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