2012 NASCAR Odds on Jimmie Johnson to Win Sprint Cup Series
Monday, February 13, 2012
by Bovada Sportsbook
Jimmie Johnson finds himself in an unfamiliar situation as the beginning of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season approaches – he doesn't enter the campaign as the defending champ.
Find Sprint Cup Series betting odds - including Daytona 500 odds - today at Bovada Sportsbook.
Johnson began his streak of title runs back in 2006, taking the Cup championship that season and in each of the following four years as well. That made Johnson a big favorite to win the Sprint Cup championship on the 2012 NASCAR Odds heading into the 2011 season.
But a sixth straight title didn't come to pass for Johnson in 2011, as he ended up 99 points behind eventual champion Tony Stewart back in sixth place in the final driver standings.
Johnson, who picked up six victories in his championship 2010 season, only managed to take a pair of checkered flags in 2011 – he won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega in April, and visited Victory Lane at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas in October.
The No. 48 car also earned 14 Top-5 finishes in 2011, and 21 Top-10 results on the year.
So now the question for 2012 is can Johnson fans consider 2011 an anomaly and expect their driver to get back on top of the Sprint Cup Series standings for the upcoming year.
On the Bovada Sportsbook NASCAR futures odds heading into the circuit's season-opening activities at Daytona Johnson is in fact listed as the 9/2 favorite to win the 2012 Sprint Cup Series championship, just ahead of Carl Edwards (6/1) and Kyle Busch (7/1).
As well, Johnson is the 10/1 co-favorite (along with Dale Earnhardt Jr.) to win the Daytona 500 on February 26; Johnson had to settle for a 27th-place result in the Daytona 500 last season, finishing well behind surprise winner Trevor Bayne.
Get all of your Sprint Cup Series betting odds for the upcoming NASCAR season at Bovada Sportsbook.
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