Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Earnhardt Jr. will miss Darlington, more with concussion

ESPN

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won’t return to the seat of his Hendrick Motorsports car for at least another two weeks as he continues treatment for a concussion he suffered in June. Earnhardt will be replaced by Alex Bowman this weekend at Michigan International Speedway and Jeff Gordon on Labor Day weekend at Darlington Raceway. “We know how hard Dale is working…
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Gordon Comes out of Retirement to Replace Earnhardt at Indy

ABC Columbia Staff

Photo: Jeff Gordon/ABC News INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss two more races as he recovers from concussion-like symptoms and retired NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will replace him at Indianapolis and Pocono. The announcement came Wednesday from Hendrick Motorsports, which said Earnhardt has not been cleared by doctors to drive. He missed last weekend’s race in New Hampshire…