Subway Fresh Fit 500k NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

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 Subway Fresh Fit 500k at Phoenix International Raceway is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Clint Bowyer and the No. 15 5-Hour Energy Chevrolet team of Michael Waltrip Racing

Clint Bowyer will make his 219th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has five top-10 finishes in 13 career Sprint Car starts at Phoenix … The 32-year-old Emporia, Kan., native has five wins and 95 top-10 finishes in 218 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Bowyer’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2007 … Won 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started 30th and finished 11th in last week’s 54th Daytona 500 … Ranks 11th in Sprint Cup Series points.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 Best Buy Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

Matt Kenseth will make his 438th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has one win (November 2002), one pole (November 2011) and eight top-10 finishes in 19 career Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix … The 39-year-old Cambridge, Wis., native has 22 wins and 210 top-10 finishes in 437 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Kenseth’s 13th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2003 … Started fourth and won last week last week’s 54th Daytona 500  … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 437th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has two wins (November 2004 and 2005) and eight top-10 finishes in 19 Sprint Cup starts at Phoenix … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 163 top-10 finishes in 436 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 fifth and finished second in last week’s 54th Daytona 500 … Ranks second in Sprint Cup Series points.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Carl Edwards will make his 267th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 16th at Phoenix International Raceway … Has one win (November 2010), three poles (November 2007, November 2010 and February 2011) and 10 top-10 finishes in 15 starts at Phoenix … The 32-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 145 top-10 finishes in 266 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… Started on the pole and finished eighth in last week’s 54th Daytona 500 … Ranks eighth in Sprint Cup Series points.

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