Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Sprint Cup Series’ Most Popular Driver award for the ninth straight time in 2011, but he didn’t manage to make a single trip to Victory Lane. Earnhardt Jr. will be looking to trade some of that popularity for more track success in 2012. Will it helps his odds on the NASCAR bettingline?
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Earnhardt Jr. did at least manage to get back into the Chase in 2011 despite the lack of wins – it was the first time he’d made it into the Chase since 2008, ending up in 25th place in 2009 and 21st place in 2010.
Overall Dale Jr. picked up four Top-5 results and 12 Top-10 finishes in 2011 en route to a seventh-place finish in the Sprint Cup Series driver standings; he ended up 113 points behind championTony Stewart at the conclusion of the 2011 Chase.
And while Earnhardt Jr. did improve in the standings last season, he was still back at 18/1 odds to win the 2012 Sprint Cup championship at Bovada at last update. That put him 12th on that NASCAR futures list, and well back of leaders Jimmie Johnson (5/1), Carl Edwards (6/1), and Kyle Busch(7/1).
The No. 88 car might be able to pick up some believers with a top showing at the season-opening Daytona 500 on Sunday afternoon, but he’ll have to rebound from a 24th-place result last year in the race when an accident put him out of contention.
Earnhardt Jr. finished in 20th place at the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night at Daytona, getting tangled up in an accident and knocked out of the event after 54 laps.
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