Hendrick Motorsports has dealt with its share of recent setbacks.
Obviously Dale Earnhardt Jr. missing races because of concussion-like symptoms is on a different level. The team is working diligently to get Jeff Gordon up to speed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for his relief driving role this weekend. Earnhardt is missing his second consecutive race and will be out next weekend at Pocono as well, but he did visit the team shop on Wednesday.
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Earnhardt tweeted on Friday morning that he is starting to feel better and can see the "light at the end of the tunnel.