“He’s going through vision therapy, he’s going through exercise therapy”, Collins said.
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Dr. Micky Collins, the medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Concussion Program, joined Earnhardt for the news conference, along with auto owner Rick Hendrick. “If he had a significant force, that would cause an injury as it would anyone”.
Here’s how the final race schedule will break down. Gordon will drive this weekend at Darlington and at Richmond, Dover and Martinsville, with Bowman driving in the remaining races.
“I went through this process in 2012”. Watt is feeling much better and that it “looks decent” for him to play in the season opener against Chicago on September 11.
“And so, he’s telling me that this is possible again, and I believe it”.
Earnhardt, who’ll turn 42 next month, has heard people say he should walk away as his recovery continued. His auto got jostled about three weeks later at Daytona and the symptoms started the following week. While the impact of the Lap 62 incident was significant, Earnhardt said afterward that “it wasn’t too bad, actually”. If my doctor says that I’m physically able to continue, then that’s an easier decision for me to make. So he’s had to readjust to life as a driver especially with cars that feature a new aerodynamics package this year.
“The fact he’s feeling well at rest doesn’t necessarily mean the brain has healed completely and so we start stimulating the brain and trying to see if any of the symptoms recur”, Colberg said.
Earnhardt said he plans to return to action in February for the season-opening Daytona 500. “I might stumble across the aisle or need more sidewalk than the normal guy, but I’ve got to put myself through those situations for that to sort of correct itself”. “I’m starting to see improvements there, which I was thrilled to wake up one day and feel a difference”. My balance is miles better.
Earnhardt said he feels his best when he’s on the couch and loses about 20 percent when he leaves the house.
Unfortunately for Waltrip’s health during the era, sitting out races was unacceptable, something that Waltrip says today’s drivers should be thankful for in such a risky sport. “On the other end of the rope, you have someone who says, ‘I am not in charge of this anymore, help me find my way back'”. Our second goal is Dale becoming a race auto driver again.
“Yes, we will be working on that as well”. He’s 41 years old, he’s won 26 times, including the Daytona 500 thrice, and he’s made a fortune.
With the win, Larson eliminated a playoff spot that otherwise would be available on points, leaving McMurray concurrently in the last Chase-eligible position with two races left in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season.
Earnhardt last raced in Kentucky in July, missing the past five races.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. answers a question about his concussion while addressing the media at Watkins Glen International racetrack during practice for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Jeff Gordon came out of retirement to fill in for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. Bowman has an average finish in 37.0 in four Cup races at Texas so far in his young career. “I want to race”.
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“The doctors feel confident in that”. If you couldn’t then you were gonna at least run a lap then get someone in the auto so you could get the points.
