It will be 232 days since Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in a Cup race when he wheels the No. 88 Chevrolet in the 2017 Daytona 500, but NASCAR's most popular driver expects to be fully recovered sooner than that from concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him from the final 18 races of the 2016 season.
"We're going to go testing this offseason," Earnhardt said Monday night on the "Dirty Mo Radio" podcast. "Obviously I need to get in a race car. I'd love to get in a car and go run a little bit somewhere just to shake the rust off and get some confidence.