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LOUDON, N.H. -- Four-time Sprint Cup champion?Jeff Gordon will return to the racetrack at Indianapolis Motor Speedway if Dale Earnhardt Jr.?doesnt recover from his concussion-like symptoms in time for the race July 24.Earnhardt, who is being treated, has been replaced by Alex Bowman?this weekend at New Hampshire Motor?Speedway. Hendrick Motorsports general manager Doug Duchardt said Friday morning that a decision likely would be made by Wednesday.Gordon, an equity owner in Hendrick Motorsports, retired after last season following a career that spanned 23 years with 93 wins in 797 starts. He worked the first half of the season for Fox Sports as a race broadcast analyst. He tweeted Thursday he was in France.The winner of the first Brickyard 400 in 1994, Gordon has won a record five Sprint Cup races at Indianapolis -- 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2014.Hes a four-time [Sprint Cup] champion with 93 wins -- hes not a bad person to think about to get in the car, Duchardt said Friday morning at New Hampshire. This week, hes in France. ... If Dale is not able to go at Indianapolis, well put Jeff Gordon in the car.When Dale is ready, its his car to get back into.Duchardt said the team did not know until Tuesday that Earnhardt -- who thought he was suffering from allergies or a sinus infection -- might need a relief driver for this weekend and then didnt know until noon Thursday, after Earnhardt underwent two days of neurological tests, that the driver would not be able to race at all.Earnhardt missed two races in 2012 because of two concussions over a six-week period. In a statement Thursday, Earnhardt said he believed wrecks June 12 at Michigan and July 2 at Daytona could have resulted in concussions.Duchardt would not speculate over whether this could be a career-ending injury to Earnhardt, nor would he estimate how long Earnhardt would be out.The most important thing is for this process to play out for him to feel better, Duchardt said. At the end of all that, whats the right thing to do, that will become clear when more knowledge is gained as how he is feeling.With eight races left in NASCARs regular season, Earnhardt is 14th in the Chase-qualifying standings, and missing more than one race would heavily affect his chances of getting into the 16-driver Chase.Duchardt wouldnt say whether Earnhardts playoff chances would influence a decision for the rest of the season.We just want to take it one race at a time, Duchardt said. Any speculation past [Indy] is assuming that Dale is not going to be ready for that amount of time. Well obviously be thinking about contingency plans, but we dont have anything formalized for sure. ... As we gain information through this, well look at the scenario, whether its short term or long term.Until we get to that point, Im not going to speculate what were going to do.Gordon has run in every Brickyard race since the inaugural event in 1994. He has five wins, 17 top-10s and an average finish of 9.9. Formula Ones Michael Schumacher is the only other driver to reach Victory Lane at Indy five times in any major series.Defending Brickyard 400 winner Kyle Busch said he didnt expect Gordon to have any problem getting back in the race car, if need be, for the first time since November.Jeff always said when he was stepping to the side that he was not retiring, so I think that is pretty neat that theres an opportunity there for him to come back and race probably in one of his favorite races -- given that hes somewhat of a hometown boy when he goes to Indiana, Busch said.If that all comes to fruition, I do feel Jeff can jump right back in. ... He would be able to handle it just fine. Hes been around the sport all this year.The Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at The Brickyard presented by Crown Royal is set for July 24.ESPN Stats & Information contributed to this report. 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Authentic Bilal Nichols Jersey .Y. - Detroit goaltender Jonas Gustavsson has earned NHL first star of the week honours after winning in his first three appearances of the season.Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva is confident he will be fit enough to play a part in the teams end of season run in. The 29-year-old last played in the League Cup final defeat to Manchester City on 28 February, when he injured his thigh during the penalty shoot-out at Wembley.Lucas was part of the Liverpool squad which travelled to Tenerife to a training camp last week, and he is hoping to be available for the Europa League quarter-final tie against Borussia Dortmund. Im pushing really hard and working really hard to be back as soon as possible, Lucas told the clubs official website. Time will tell if I will be able to make it.Its going really well, Im progressing very well. Hopefully it wont be too long now until Im back to full training, and hopefully Ill play a big part at the end of the season.The Brazilian believes the venture to the Spanish island was positive and he expects the benefits of the trip to become apparent in the final weeks of the campaign.Lucas said: It was brilliant. Something like that has never happened before; its great credit to the manager for having the idea to take alll the players who were not on international duty and the staff as well.ddddddddddddIt was a good chance to take our families, to be closer to each other and know each other better. It was a great idea to go out, get a little bit of sun and come back for these last six weeks of the season, which will be very intense.We were still working in training and for me, doing rehab. It was just going out to get a bit of sun and change the place a little bit. Its going to be a very intense six weeks and we are all ready to make the most of it. 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