NASCAR: 15 Bold Predictions For 2017

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Stays Healthy

One of the biggest concerns with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2017 is whether or not he is going to be able to make it through the entire season healthy. Earnhardt Jr. missed half of the 2016 season with concussion-like symptoms and 2017 will be the first time that he returns to the track.

While this is obviously a guess and based on nothing, I will say that Earnhardt Jr. will make it through the season healthy.

I would have to imagine that if Earnhardt was this walking-fragile driver, he would not have been cleared to return to the track this season. Obviously a hard wreck could result in a concussion and that could very well happen. However, I don’t think it’s a situation where a driver bumping into him or him scraping the outside wall is going to result in a concussion.