Are Fans Jaded About Dale Earnhardt Jr., Despite Great Start to Season?

I realize that we're still very early in the 2013 Sprint Cup season, but I've noticed something that is quite striking—and I'm wondering how many others have noticed the same thing.

When Jimmie Johnson became the points leader after winning the season-opening Daytona 500 a month ago, his fans quickly began touting Johnson as kicking off a run that will end in November with his sixth Sprint Cup championship.

When Brad Keselowski opened the season with two third-place finishes and two other fourth-place finishes in the first four races—an incredible display of consistency, not to mention taking over the points lead after last Sunday's race at Bristol—fans were doing some touting of their own.

With such a...

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