Dale Jr. Update
Still hurting from burns suffered in a practice crash last weekend at Sonoma, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will sit out Friday's activities at New Hampshire International Speedway. Martin Truex Jr. will qualify the No. 8 Chevrolet and will take over for Earnhardt on Sunday after Junior starts the race. Earnhardt plans to get into his No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for practice Saturday and will start Sunday's Siemens 300 to earn the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship points before giving up the driver's seat to Truex.