54th Daytona 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 54th Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

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

 

Kevin Harvick will make his 395th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 22nd at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Has two wins (February 2007 and July 2010) and nine top-10 finishes in 21 starts at Daytona … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 174 top-10 finishes in 394 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.       

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

 

Jimmie Johnson will make his 364th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 21st at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Has one win (February 2006), two poles (February 2002 and February 2008) and nine top-10 finishes in 20 Sprint Cup starts at Daytona … The 36-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 55 wins and 224 top-10 finishes in 363 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Johnson’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the Sprint  Cup Series championship five consecutive times (2006-2010). 

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Fastenal Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

 

Carl Edwards will make his 266th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 15th at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Has six top-10 finishes in 14 Sprint Cup starts at Daytona … The 32-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 144 top-10 finishes in 265 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series title … 2012 marks Edwards’ eighth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2008 and 2011.

 

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 436th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 25th at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway … Has two wins (July 2001 and February 2004), one pole (February 2011) and 13 top-10 finishes in 24 starts at Daytona … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 162 top-10 finishes in 435 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.

 

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