Finger Lakes 355k NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Finger Lakes 355k at the Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team of Richard Petty Motorsports

Marcos Ambrose will make his 141st career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his fifth at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Has one win (2011) and four top-three finishes in four Sprint Cup starts at The Glen … The 35-year-old Australian native of Launceston, Tasmania has one win and 30 top-10 finishes in 140 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Ambrose’s fourth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of 18th in 2009 … Won 2003 and 2004 Australian V8 Supercar championships … Started fifth and finished 10th last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks 18th in Sprint Cup points with five top-10 finishes.

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Jeff Gordon and the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jeff Gordon will make his 675th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 20th at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Has four wins (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001), one pole (2003) and nine top-10 finishes in 19 starts at The Glen … The 41-year-old Vallejo, Calif., native has 86 wins and 405 top-10 finishes in 674 Sprint Cup starts … 2011 marks Gordon’s 20th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the driver championship in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001 … Started 27th and won last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks 13th in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and nine top-10 finishes. 

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Kevin Harvick will make his 416th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12th at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Has one win (2006) and six top-10 finishes in 11 starts at The Glen … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 183 top-10 finishes in 415 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 21st and finished 16th last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup Series points with nine top-10 finishes.      

 

DIRECTV Channel 798:

Juan Pablo Montoya and the No. 42 Target Chevrolet team of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

Juan Pablo Montoya will make his 203rd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his sixth at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Has one win (2010) and four top-10 finishes in five starts at The Glen … The 36-year-old from Bogota, Colombia has two wins and has 51 top-10 finishes in 202 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Montoya’s fifth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of eighth in 2009 … Won 2000 Indianapolis 500, 1999 CART championship and has seven Formula 1 victories … Started on the pole and finished 20th last week at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway … Ranks 21th in Sprint Cup Series points with two top-10 finishes.

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