Jeff Gordon will return to Sprint Cup racing the next two weekends as he replaces Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will sit out with concussion-type symptoms.
Gordon's return isn't just a four-time champion coming out of "retirement" to race. Gordon, who never ruled out an occasional return when he stepped out of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 car at the end of the 2015 season, returns this weekend to the track in Indianapolis where he has won five times, including the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.