Pocono notebook: Is Gordon just what the doctor ordered? (The Associated Press)

Since Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s immediate future is in the hands of doctors, it's appropriate that his substitute driver, Jeff Gordon, has also been brought in for a second opinion. "I think what this is like for the team is getting a second opinion," Gordon said on Friday at Pocono Raceway. The four-time champion is filling in for Earnhardt for the second week in a row, having run 13th last week at Indianapolis.