What comes next for Hendrick Motorsports' No. 88 car? With Dale Earnhardt Jr. not able to drive the rest of the 2016 Sprint Cup season, crew chief Greg Ives has a more definite assignment.
Including Sunday night's race at Darlington, Ives will handle different drivers in the season's final 12 races. He knows them both: Jeff Gordon and Alex Bowman.
"We've been able to work through several things," Ives said in an interview with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. "The main thing is giving Dale the time he needs to fully recover. We could rush things, we could make things go a little bit quicker.