Jr is doing research and development for the rest of the year

--------Without a spot in the Chase Dale Earnhardt Jr has been tasked with helping his teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon win races and a championship.---------Dale Jr wasn't doing a very good job of helping his teammates in the Sylvania 300 Sunday afternoon. He finished 4th - ahead of both Gordon at 6th and Johnson at 25th.If this is what it means to be the research and development team then Dale Earnhardt Jr needs some more of it.Do you think Chad Knaus will be sharing any more secrets with Dale Jr and Lance McGrew? -----
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM

I don't have too much to say about this............just a couple of things. I will preface this with saying that I was a huge Dale Earnhardt fan.....my opinion is that he was one of the best that ever wheeled a race car. My next comment is that if Dale, Jr. is doing R & D for Hendrick Motor Sports, then he must have been doing it for the last 2-3 years. My next comment is that whatever R & D he has been doing hasn't been on the race track.