By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service
MARTINSVILLE, Va. Don't learn something in to the fresh motorcycle helmet Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be wearing at Martinsville Speedway this weekend.
He has been thinking of a switch before struggling this concussions that will sidelined him to get a couple races. The main point here is that Earnhardt is probably content with possibly be back, soon after going stir crazy through his forced absence out of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition.
"It's also been a little whole lot of your energy away from a lot of their time about my hands," Earnhardt said Friday prior to the best Cup training during Martinsville.
After running roughly 125 laps at Gresham Motorsports Park on Monday and getting together with with neurologist Dr. Jerry Petty on Tuesday, Earnhardt was satisfied that will race, not one too soon, in terms of NASCAR's most favored new driver seemed to be concerned.
Asked whether or not this individual viewed as sitting away the others connected with the season, Earnhardt demurred.
"I thought like I would have raced (last Sunday) at Kansas, with regard to sure, and most likely went with Charlotte (Oct. 13) without any problem. I experience foolish. You know, I sense form of foolish sitting at home feeling OK instead of when i was in this car.
"It senses seriously unnatural. I experience good, as well as doctors say it really is OK I would like to race."
As considerably because the headwear goes, Earnhardt is definitely shelving his normal Impact motorcycle helmet for just a Stilo brand this week.
"I will not wish anybody that will put two along with a couple of together, contemplating that will I'm changing from my Impact boots because the concussions," Earnhardt said. "That's not the case at all. I've just wished to try that Stilo helmet given that some people created some modifications for you to it.
"It's undoubtedly not a remaining decision. I'm just simply checking it out, because I favored it before. I've relished working with Impact, as well as I do like their particular helmets, along with I only don't desire any individual for you to get the drastically wrong thought there."TWO VICTORIES SHORT
Jimmie Johnson couldn't need a new replicate of 2011 a new Cup tournament made the decision by way of tiebreaker unless this individual can easily win at the very least two on the finalized four races.
The math concepts is actually functioning against Johnson proper now. If a couple drivers are attached within points following your twelve Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races, that one particular with far more gains all the perks is definitely champion by virtue in the tiebreaker. That's just how Tony Stewart edged Carl Edwards for the bill past year.
Johnson, at present second from the standings, provides several wins this season, but first-place Brad Keselowski in addition to third-place Denny Hamlin have five each, putting them in control in the tiebreaker for time being.
That's a single reason why Johnson can be thus aimed at attacking Victory Lane.
"I feel for instance we now have been close, and also I don't like than a several (wins) possess slipped aside that year, particularly while in the Chase," Johnson stated Friday with Martinsville. "But that will stuff is guiding me. I'm looking forward. We're in a great track.
"I really feel like whatsoever some songs remaining, we're one of many favorites to win. I really feel like it's important to win, so you ought to gain in the Chase for being this champion. It definitely can be gained without, but my personal mind-set today is usually win, win, win."
RIDE SHARING
In 2013, for your second direct year, Mark Martin, Brian Vickers in addition to team manager Michael Waltrip will talk about operating assignments inside the actual No. fityfive Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, the particular staff announced Friday.
Martin will certainly participate throughout twenty four Cup items races in addition to the Daytona Shootout, Vickers inside eight races as well as Waltrip within the Daytona 500 as well as the two activities at Talladega Superspeedway.
Vickers will push the car occasions every single at Martinsville, Bristol as well as New Hampshire, in addition to with the Sonoma as well as Watkins Glen path lessons and also at 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. Waltrip leaped the particular Kentucky contest this specific year.
Whether the part-time ride will cause into a full-time cruise with regard to Vickers stays to become seen. Martin will move 54 Jan. 9, but he shows simply no signals associated with delaying down. With some autos on its roster, MWR could add a fourth, if sponsorship is definitely available.
"There's no contractual duty (for) 2014, but that is definitely my goal, and that is his or her goal," Vickers said. "That's what we've been functioning toward. Right right now we have one or two stuff on our endeavor list manage good. We've got eight backrounds future year. Three usually are using Aaron's (sponsorship), as well as six are unsold.
"We ought to offer those people six races, and part of that is certainly going to be performing. Then, within 2014, many of us have got in order to market every one of them. That's genital herpes virus treatments need to do to create which happen."
Vickers has placed four top-10 is done within eight will begin thus far this kind of season. He had been best in Friday's best Cup practice session at Martinsville that has a panel with 97.679 mph prior to being qualified subsequent to get Sunday's race.
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