AdvoCare 500 NASCAR HotPass Lineup

The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is as follows: 

 

DIRECTV Channel 795:

Jeff Gordon and the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports

Jeff Gordon will make his 678th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 39th at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Has five wins (March 1995, November 1998, March 1999, October 2003 and September 2011), two poles (November 2000 and March 2008) and 24 top-10 finishes in 38 starts at Atlanta … The 41-year-old Vallejo, Calif., native has 86 wins and 406 top-10 finishes in 677 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 11th and finished third last week at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Ranks 14th in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 10 top-10 finishes. 

 

DIRECTV Channel 796:

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

 

Kevin Harvick will make his 419th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 22nd at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Has one win (March 2001) and seven top-10 finishes in 21 starts at Atlanta … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 183 top-10 finishes in 418 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 13th and finished 15th last week at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup Series points with nine top-10 finishes.      

 

DIRECTV Channel 797:

Martin Truex Jr., and the No. 56 NAPA Shocks and Struts Toyota team of Michael Waltrip Racing

Martin Truex Jr., will make his 250th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 14th at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Has one pole (September 2009) and two top-10 finishes in 13 career Sprint Cup starts at Atlanta … The 32-year-old Mayetta, N.J., native has one win and 69 top-10 finishes in 249 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Truex’s seventh full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of 11th in 2007 … Won 2004 and 2005 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … Started 15th and finished 11th last week at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup Series points with 13 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 460th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 25th at Atlanta Motor Speedway … Has one win (March 2004), two poles (November 2001 and March 2010) and 10 top-10 finishes in 24 starts at Atlanta … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 19 races and has 178 top-10 finishes in 459 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 12th last week at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with one win and 16 top-10 finishes.

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