Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR HOTPASS Lineup on DIRECTV

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge team of Penske Racing

Brad Keselowski will make his 112th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his seventh at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has one top-10 finish in six career Sprint Cup starts at Michigan … The 28-year-old Rochester Hills, Mich., native has seven wins and 32 top-10 finishes in 111 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Keselowski’s third full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of fifth in 2011 … Won 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started fourth and finished second last week at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 12 top-10 finishes.

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

Matt Kenseth and the No. 17 Fifth Third Ford team of Roush Fenway Racing

Matt Kenseth will make his 459th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 27th at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has two wins (June 2002 and August 2006) and 17 top-10 finishes in 26 career Sprint Cup starts at Michigan … The 40-year-old Cambridge, Wis., native has 22 wins and 223 top-10 finishes in 458 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Kenseth’s 13th full year in Sprint Cup and he won the points championship in 2003 … Started 24th and finished eighth last week at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 14 top-10 finishes.  

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

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

Jimmie Johnson will make his 386th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 22nd at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has nine top-10 finishes in 21 Sprint Cup starts at Michigan … The 36-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 58 wins and 240 top-10 finishes in 385 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Johnson’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup and he has five championships (2006-2010) … Started and finished third last week at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Ranks first in Sprint Cup points with three wins and 16 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 458th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 27th at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn … Has two wins (June 2008 and 2012), two poles (August 2000 and 2002) and nine top-10 finishes in 26 career Sprint Cup starts at Michigan … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has 19 wins and 177 top-10 finishes in 457 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 16th and finished 28th last week at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International … Ranks fourth in Sprint Cup points with one win and 15 top-10 finishes.

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