Retired NASCAR champion Gordon may race for Earnhardt

And when that New Hampshire 301 goes green Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Earnhardt will lose points.

“My mind feels real sharp”, he said in a podcast recorded Sunday night. Dale is special to me, take the driving part away.

Duchardt said a decision on the Brickyard will likely be made on Wednesday. Power pitted on Lap 57 of 85 and was in position to take advantage when a caution came out moments later, ruining pole-sitter Scott Dixon’s strategy.

Bowman is now a part-timer in the Xfinity Series for Earnhardt’s JR Motorsports No. 88 team.

“That hasn’t necessarily been a hot topic of conversation in any of our meetings”, Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch said.

Bowman was released of his duties with Tommy Baldwin Racing less than a month before the Daytona 500 this season, putting him in an terrible situation.

“I’m proud of Dale for standing up”, Hendrick said.

Earnhardt was evaluated in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week and doctors did not clear him to race.

As the years went on, Earnhardt became smarter about his health.

Hendrick said he didn’t notice anything about Earnhardt that would indicate he was suffering from a concussion after the MI race. Hendrick hoped to have NASCAR’s most popular driver back in the vehicle next week at the Brickyard. So I’m very hopeful and he’s very hopeful. I’ve struggled with my balance the last four or five days and definitely wouldn’t be able to drive a race vehicle this weekend. It caved it in enough, we thought we would be fine, but obviously, when I got into the No. 41 (Kurt Busch) it was already going down. “We want to see him back”.

“I wish we had the finish, but they knew we were here”. This kind of thing can beat you down and get you sad, but I’ve got a lot of good people around me, a lot of people supporting me. We just make mistake after mistake, and until we clean that up we don’t have a chance to win races, putting ourselves in a hole every time we make a mistake. He saw a family doctor and was treated for allergies and a sinus infection. Give Gordon a running audio stream alongside the other studio talking heads and have him commentate his own race.

When Earnhardt, Jr. suffered a concussion during a test at the Kansas Speedway in 2012, which led to his first episode of concussion-like symptoms later in that year following a crash at Talladega, he was in cars with the state-of-the-art cockpit safety equipment.

That doesn’t make any easier for drivers, particularly those who grew up watching a generation that drove hurt. “I think the first time (crew chief) Greg (Ives) called me, I was at work, so I didn’t even answer”.

Carl Edwards noted that Earnhardt’s issue “must be serious” if he didn’t race and said he respected Earnhardt’s decision.

“I am an organ donor so it wouldnt bother me to do that, but its something Ive not taken steps in and have not discussed at all, ” he said.

In the end, Earnhardt did the very best thing he could to help himself.

He said in March that he is going to leave his brain to science, prompted by a Twitter thread with fans that included a link to an article on three former Oakland Raiders who also offered to donate their brain to science in honor of teammate Ken Stabler.

Earnhardt has been out of the race due to a concussion, and if he’s not cleared by doctors to get back into the number 88 vehicle, Gordon could be just the guy he needs to take the wheel for him.