Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Wins Pole 2011 NASCAR Daytona 500 Preview, Odds, and Predictions: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the pole for the 2011 NASCAR Daytona 500 last weekend only to wreck on Wednesday in practice and have to move to the back of the pack for the start of the Super Bowl of Motorsports on Sunday. “We got plenty of race cars and I ain’t worried about [how] fast we’ll be. We’ll be fine. It never feels good tearing them up,” he told the Orlando Sentinel. He has had to deal with his father’s death here on the last lap of the race 10 years ago but has handled it well. Junior started at the back of the Gatorade Duel 1 and finished 13th. Vegas odds makers have Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the 88 car +900 ODDS TO WIN the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Kevin Harvick in the 29 car driving for Richard Childress Racing does well at this superspeedway winning in last summer’s Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola. He will start in the 4th row due to a 3rd place finish in the Gatorade Duel 1st race on Thursday. Richard Childress racing was the team the Dale Earnhardt was driving for when he crashed and died in 2001. Vegas odds makers have Kevin Harvick in the 29 car +700 ODDS TO WIN the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Get NSAwins.com’s Expert Dayona 500 2011 Predictions!
The odds makers at Bodog Sports book have the following ODDS TO WIN the 2011 NASCAR Daytona 500:
Kevin Harvick +700
Tony Stewart +900
Kyle Busch +900
Jamie McMurray +1000
Dale Earnhartdt Jr +900
Jeff Gordon +1000
Jimmie Johnson +1200
Denny Hamlin +1000
Carl Edwards +1000
Clint Bowyer +1200
Kurt Busch +1200
Mark Martin +2500
Juan P Montoya +2000
Joey Logano +2500
Jeff Burton +2500
Ryan Newman +3000
Brian Vickers +4000
Kasey Kahne +4000
Matt Kenseth +3000
Greg Biffle +3000
David Reutimann +3000
Martin Truex Jr +4000
Brad Keselowski +4000
FIELD (Any Other) +1700
Jeff Gordon in the 24 car will take over the pole as teammate Dale, Jr. moves to the back of the pack and along with teammate Jimmie Johnson in the 48 car for Hendrick Motorsports are two of the favorites again for the 500. Johnson finished 4th in the Budweiser Shootout and is the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion for the last 5 years. Johnson has had at least 5 victories in each of those last 5 seasons.
PREDICTION: I predict a sentimental win for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. on the 10th anniversary of his father’s fatal crash!