Dale Earnhardt Jr. needed help to finish races at Loudon ansd Pocono. Credit: Autostock

Earnhardt Jr. won't need a sub at Indianapolis

SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. plans to drive the entire distance in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and no driver will be standing by to relieve him, a team spokesman said.

Spokesman Mike Davis said Dale Earnhardt Inc. won't use Martin Truex Jr. or John Andretti as a relief driver this weekend.

Truex Jr. qualified the No. 8 Chevrolet in New Hampshire and relieved Earnhardt Jr. during the race two weeks ago.

Andretti took over for Earnhardt Jr. last weekend at Pocono. Earnhardt Jr. had planned to run the entire race at Pocono Raceway but the combination of numbness in his legs and a poor handling car forced him to get out.

Earnhardt Jr. continues to recover from second-degree burns to his chin, neck and inner thighs suffered in a sports car crash at Infineon Raceway three weeks ago.