Food City 500 NASCAR HotPass Lineup

NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is back, and it’s FREE to all DIRECTV customers. Four dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and audio of the network broadcast augmented by live communication between the drivers and their pit crews are available for all 36 points-paying races during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Food City 500 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

Tony Stewart will make his 468th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 27th at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one win (August 2001) and eight top-10 finishes in 25 starts at Bristol … The 40-year-old Columbus, Ind., native has won 45 races and has 267 top-10 finishes in 467 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 seventh and won last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Ranks seventh in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and one top-10 finish.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 398th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 23rd at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one win (April 2005) and 12 top-10 finishes in 22 starts at Bristol … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 176 top-10 finishes in 397 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 third and finished 11th last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points with two top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Jimmie Johnson will make his 367th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 21st at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one win (March 2010), one pole (August 2010) and 11 top-10 finishes in 20 starts at Bristol … The 36-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 55 wins and 226 top-10 finishes in 366 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Johnson’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup and he has five championships (2006-2010) … Started sixth and finished second last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Ranks 23rd in Sprint Cup Series points with two top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 439th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 25th at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Has one win (August 2004) and 12 top-10 finishes in 24 starts at Bristol … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 164 top-10 finishes in 438 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 fourth and finished 10th last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Ranks fourth in Sprint Cup Series points with two top-10 finishes.