Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth is as follows:

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Greg Biffle and the No. 16 Filtrete Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

Greg Biffle will make his 337th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 17th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has one win (April 2005) and nine top-10 finishes in 16 starts at Texas … The 42-year-old Vancouver, Wash., native has 16 wins and 127 top-10 finishes in 336 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Biffle’s 10th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of second in 2005 … Won 2000 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title and 2002 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started 26th and finished 13th two weeks ago at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks first in Sprint Cup Series points with four top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 401st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 19th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has eight top-10 finishes in 18 starts at Texas … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 177 top-10 finishes in 400 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 second and finished 19th two weeks ago at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup Series points with three top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 442nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has one win (April 2000), two poles (April 2001 and 2008) and 10 top-10 finishes in 19 Sprint Cup starts at Texas … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 166 top-10 finishes in 441 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 14th and finished third two weeks ago at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with four top-10 finishes.

DIRECTV Channel 798:

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

Carl Edwards will make his 272nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 15th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth … Has three wins (November 2005, April and November 2008) and six top-10 finishes in 14 Sprint Cup starts at Texas … The 32-year-old Columbia, Mo., native has won 19 races and has 147 top-10 finishes in 271 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 28th and finished 11th two weeks ago at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway … Ranks 11th in Sprint Cup Series points with three top-10 finishes.

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