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.

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Harvick tied Kyle Busch with four visits to Victory Lane in the Sprint Cup Series last season, and they were both just one win short of eventual championTony Stewart.

Harvick, though, only managed to finish in the Top 5 nine times in 2011, which was well down from his 16 Top-5 results from 2010. Harvick also had fewer Top-10 finishes in 2011, just 19 compared to the 26 he earned the previous season.

That caused the Richard Childress Racing driver to end up 58 points back of Stewart in the standings at the end of the season, and in third spot for the second year in a row.

On the current Sprint Cup Series championship futures at Bovada Harvick is listed fourth at 8/1 odds (along with Stewart) to win the 2012 title; he trails Jimmie Johnson (5/1), Carl Edwards (6/1), and Kyle Busch (7/1) on that list.

And Harvick is also in a pack of drivers at 12/1 to win the season-opening Daytona 500 in two weeks. Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are the current favorites on those Bovada NASCAR odds at 10/1 to pick up that win at Daytona International Speedway.

Harvick had a Daytona 500 to forget last season, as engine trouble had him finish in 42nd place. Harvick’s four 2011 victories came at Auto Club in March, Martinsville in April, Charlotte in May, and Richmond in September.

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