What is Tony Stewart going to do for an encore in 2012? After racing up the standings late last season and winning the Sprint Cup championship can Stewart provide a big payday on theNASCAR futures once again this year? 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up now at Bovada and deposit for your 20% Free Bet Bonus. Stewart wasn’t considered a top Sprint Cup

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? 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign

Kyle Busch finished second in the Sprint Cup Series last season with four visits to Victory Lane and 14 Top-5 results, but that only saw him end up 12th in the driver standings. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver will be looking for a better finish in 2012. Weigh in on the season with Bovada’s NASCAR odds. 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up

Shaka Smart’s VCU team was the darling of last season’s NCAA Tournament with a magical run to the Final Four. But the Rams are very much on the bubble right now to return to the Big Dance – their resume would improve with a win Friday night in an ESPN BracketBuster game against a solid Northern Iowa team. Place your

The NASCAR season begins this Saturday with the non-points Budweiser Shootout ahead of next Sunday’s Super bowl of the sport, the season-opening Daytona 500. WagerWeb.com previews the prospects of No. 51 Kurt Busch at Daytona. After a major fall from grace, 2004 points champion Busch is starting over with a small, fledgling Cup team. Perhaps no driver in NASCAR history

The NASCAR season begins this Saturday with the non-points Budweiser Shootout ahead of next Sunday’s Super bowl of the sport, the season-opening Daytona 500. WagerWeb.com previews the prospects of No. 27 Paul Menard at Daytona. For the first time in his relatively brief Sprint Cup career, Menard enters a season without an ugly zero in the career win column. In

Kurt Busch is the defending champion, but Kevin Harvick sits as the oddsmakers’ favorite for Saturday night’s Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. Bet on NASCARtoday. 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up now at Bovada and deposit for your 20% Free Bet Bonus. The Bud Shootout is NASCAR’s annual kickoff event, giving the series’ drivers a tuneup for the following weekend’s Daytona 500. No

Kevin Harvick was second in the Sprint Cup Series with four checkered flags in 2011, but that was only good enough for him to finish third in the final driver standings. He’ll be looking to improve on that position and win the circuit’s championship in 2012. Bet on NASCARyourself with Bovada. 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up now at Bovada and deposit

Denny Hamlin finished second toJimmie Johnson in the Sprint Cup Series standings in 2010, but he wasn’t able to build on that result in 2011 as he ended up in ninth place for the season. Can Hamlin get back into championship contention in 2012? Bet on NASCAR with Bovada. 20% Sports Welcome Bonus: Sign up now at Bovada and deposit for your 20% Free

The NASCAR Sprint Cup season unofficially opens on Saturday night at Daytona for the Bud Shootout, a non-points race that sets up Speedweeks at Daytona ahead of next Sunday’s Daytona 500. The Bud Shootout will have a field of 25 cars for the 75-lap exhibition race but one of those cars won’t belong to the defending Daytona 500 winner. Trevor