DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. nonetheless plans to compete within the Xfinity occasion at Darlington Raceway on Aug. 31, regardless of a current aircraft crash.
Earnhardt Jr. posted his replace on Twitter late Wednesday night time, saying his decrease again is sore and swollen. He is receiving each day remedy ”solely to get properly to race.”
Earnhardt, his household and two pilots escaped a burning aircraft that veered off the runway at Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Tennessee final week.
Earnhardt gained NASCAR’s hottest driver 15 straight occasions from 2003 by way of 2017. He retired two years in the past and is an NBC racing analyst.
Darlington is Earnhardt’s one race this season.