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Jeff Gordon will replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. for at least two more weeks as Earnhardt continues treatment for balance, sight issues and nausea resulting from a concussion.The four-time Sprint Cup champion came out of retirement to replace Earnhardt at Indianapolis and Pocono the past two weeks and will again replace Earnhardt this weekend at Watkins Glen and then the following race Aug. 20 at Bristol Motor Speedway.Earnhardt has missed three races -- Alex Bowman replaced him July 17 at New Hampshire -- and does not have a timetable for his return.He said on his The Dale Jr. Download podcast Monday he has some days when his balance is better and then there are moments when it is not. He said he believes it has to do with a lack of gaze stability.The gaze issue and the problem with my eyes being able to fix on an object at a great distance and stay there with head movement -- that is the problem. When I move my head, I lose the object that I am trying to target, Earnhardt said. That is hand-in-hand with the balance.Earnhardt underwent further evaluation Tuesday at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion Program and took to Twitter to say doctors were encouraged with his progress later Tuesday.University of Pittsburgh doctors tell Earnhardt three weeks is a short time with his concussion symptoms, but they are treatable.Im very impatient, Earnhardt said. I want change now and I want improvement now so Im consistently texting my doctor ... going, What can I do to get better tomorrow?Hes like, Look you have got to realize that this might be a process and you just have to keep doing these exercises.The Sprint Cup Series has a week off after The Glen, with the regular season finishing up with races at Bristol, Michigan, Darlington and Richmond before the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup.At 56 points behind the likely current Chase cutoff, the only way Earnhardt could be eligible for the championship is to come back and win a race before the Chase. His return even before then is questionable, as he said his visits to his doctors come every few weeks.Dale will be back when hes ready, and were looking forward to that happening, but the priority continues to be his health and well-being. Well keep our focus on that and let the doctors guide us, team owner Rick Hendrick said in a statement.Gordon, who finished 13th at Indianapolis and 27th at Pocono, has four career Cup wins at Watkins Glen and nine overall on road courses. He has five career Cup wins at Bristol.Turning 45 on Thursday, Gordon will make his 800th career start Sunday at The Glen.This whole experience is something that is one that I want to enjoy and take a little bit more lightly, but I cant, Gordon said Friday at Pocono. Its just not in me. Its just not who I am.And so I wish Dale a speedy recovery. Id like him to be back in the car. But at the same time if hes not, I feel like each time Im in the car Ill be more confident and comfortable to get better results.Josh Morrissey Jets Jersey .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. 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We actually looked at the rainouts and its like, Were going to start seventh because of a rainout and it hurts our average.Hamlin said his average starting position, 6.1, is the best since Jeff Gordon had a 5.0 average in 1995.That was a pretty cool stat to see, he said.The pole was somewhat unexpected, Hamlin said, because he had to run several laps in each round while others ran just one.ddddddddddddI thought that for sure we had too many laps on our tires, he said. A lot of guys that we were challenging only had one lap per session. My car didnt really come in that quick, so I had to run multiple laps.Earning the pole regardless is promising, he said.Running that fast with so many laps tells us we have a good car for the long run, he said.Kyle Larson will start on the outside of the front row, with Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray in the second row, followed by Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in the third. 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