{"id":49118,"date":"2017-04-26T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=49118"},"modified":"2017-04-26T18:39:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T01:39:20","slug":"dale-earnhardt-jr-stuns-fans-by-announcing-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dale-earnhardt-jr-stuns-fans-by-announcing-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stuns Fans by Announcing Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A favorite of both fans and bettors, Dale Earnhardt sent a minor shock through the Nascar world by announcing that he was retiring at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49119\" data-style=\"width: 744px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/earnhardtretires.jpg\" alt=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr. retires\" width=\"744\" height=\"525\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-49119\"class=\"text-description\">After an 18-year career and 26 victories, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced his retirement effective at the end of the season. (Image: Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s top pick by sports books to win the Daytona 500 said in a press conference that he met with his bosses at Hendrick Motorsports March 29 and told them of his plans to hang it up after this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve accomplished way more than I ever dreamed,\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cSo I\u2019m good on that front. My heart loves being in the car. I love driving. I enjoy it as much as I ever have. It\u2019s really emotional.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The time off last season from a concussion, where he missed half the year, gave Earnhardt time to think and it was then he made the decision that 2017 would be his last.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Pick at Daytona<\/h2>\n<p>While Earnhardt Jr. was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/kurt-busch-gives-las-vegas-oddsmakers-much-needed-victory\">top picks to win Daytona<\/a> at 3-1, he was caught up in a wreck on Lap 106 and finished 37th.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 88 car driver struggled to crack the top 10 in his next five races, his best finish coming at the Camping World 500 March 19, where he placed 14th. The week before at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nascar-races-into-las-vegas-this-weekend-books-second-race\">Kobalt 400<\/a> at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway he was a 12-1 pick, but finished 16th.<\/p>\n<p>As a result he fell down the betting sheets in races. At the April 9th O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts 500, he was a 25-1 pick to win. He had his best finish of the season, coming in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t sway oddsmakers, who again had him at 25-1 three weeks later at the Food City 500. He was involved in a crash and ended up in 38th place.<\/p>\n<h2>Slipping in Cup Series Betting<\/h2>\n<p>It is the one glaring omission on his resume. Earnhardt Jr. has never won a season series and lboks don\u2019t like his chances this year.<\/p>\n<p>Before the season began he was a 12-1 pick to win the Nascar Cup Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Poor performances and no victories thus far have dropped him to a 25-1 selection.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently 24<sup>th<\/sup> out of 47 drivers and is 226 points behind current leader, Jimmie Johnson. The season isn\u2019t even half over, but if Earnhardt is going to win the Cup he is going to have to win at least one race and start finishing in the top 10 more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A favorite of both fans and bettors, Dale Earnhardt sent a minor shock through the Nascar world by announcing that he was retiring at the end of the year. This year\u2019s top pick by sports books to win the Daytona 500 said in a press conference that he met with his bosses at Hendrick Motorsports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stuns Fans by Announcing Retirement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced on Tuesday he will retire at the end of the season and will leave after 18 years and 26 victories.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stuns Fans by 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