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WATKINS GLEN, NY - Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first appearance at a racetrack since being diagnosed with a concussion four weeks ago, and he has a message for his fans:Hes not retiring. Not yet, anyway.Earnhardt, who has missed the last three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and will miss at least two more, took questions for 30 minutes during a media appearance at Watkins Glen International, where the Cup Series races on Sunday.The popular driver said he is continuing to make progress in his therapy, but as long as he continues to suffer from ocular imbalance issues, there can be no set timetable for his return to the seat of the No. 88 Chevrolet.However, he does plan to return to competition as soon as he is cleared by doctors.Im not ready to stop racing; Im not ready to quit, Earnhardt said.Its a slow process and I wish it wasnt, he continued. I dont know how long its gonna take, and as impatient as I am, I worry about everyone elses patience as well.But Im not going to go in the car until the doctors say Im ready to race.Earnhardt sustained the concussion in a relatively minor looking crash at Michigan Speedway on June 12, but he said the symptoms were slow to develop. He drove in three more races before recognizing that he wasnt feeling right, at which point he sought medical attention.Unfortunately its a slow process and theres no guidelines or rulebook, he said. Theres no consistent history over how long this really takes to clear up so were just having to be patient.My doctors feel great about the opportunity that I not only will be healthy again, but they can actually make my brain stronger to be able to withstand these common events, he added. The event that I had a Michigan which they tied this concussion to, I should have been able to get through that without having a concussion. So theyre working not only to get me healed up, but to make sure I can compete and I can go through events like that without any concern.Earnhardt has been involved in several major accidents over the course of his 16-year NASCAR career, and he missed two races due to a concussion in 2012.He said his therapy is different this time, with doctors encouraging him to engage in activities outside his comfort zone. That includes things like dining out, playing with his sisters kids, or making himself available to the media at Watkins Glen.In this situation, my doctor says its good therapy to go somewhere that makes you feel worse, Earnhardt explained. He wants me to do anything that pushes me into areas to get my anxiety and drive the symptoms so my body gets used to them. He calls that exposure, and this [press conference] is probably the worst situation as far as making my senses to go haywire.I just want to get better, he added. 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Lefty shot a bogey-free 65, good enough to win on just about any Sunday but this one, another runner-up finish in a major providing little consolation.Im happy for Henrik, said Mickelson, who finished three shots behind Stensons record score for a major championship. I knew that he would ultimately come through and win. Im disappointed that it was at my expense.This was a shot-for-shot showdown that mirrored Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry in 1977, the famed Duel in the Sun.Maybe it was a sign when the sun popped out from behind the clouds for the first time in three days at Royal Troon just as Stenson and Mickelson walked to the first tee.I knew he wasnt going to back down at any point, said Stenson, whose 20-under 264 beat the scoring mark of 265 that David Toms set at the 2001 PGA Championship and was three shots better than anyone had ever shot in the Open. I knew I had to keep on pushing, keep on giving myself birdie chances.For Mickelson, there was no second-guessing the way he played. This wasnt another Winged Foot, where his silly decision to attack on the 72nd hole cost him the U.S. Open in 2006. But it was still a runner-up finish in a major, the 11th of his career, his extensive list of close calls surpassed only by Nicklaus 19.Mickelson knew there wasnt much more he could do.Still, this one hurt just as much as the rest of them.In a way, maybe even a little more.Its probably the best Ive played and not won, Mickelson said. I dont have a point where I can look back and say, `I should have done that or `Had I only done this. I played a bogey-free round of 65 on the final round of a major. Usually thats good enough to do it. And I got beat.At 46, Mickelson knows his window of opportunity is beginning to close.He wouldve been the oldest winner of the Open since 1867.No one older than 48 has ever captured a major.I played what I feel was well enough to win this championship by a number of strokes, and yet I got beat by three strokes, he said. You know, its not like I have decades left of opportunities to win majors, so each one means a lot to me. And I put in my best performance today. Played close to flawless golf and got beat.Stenson has llong been one of the better players on the PGA Tour, but hed never been in the final group of a major before this one.ddddddddddddHe looked like hed done it all before. Many times, in fact.Its not something you want to run around and shout, but I felt like this was going to be my turn, Stenson said.Even with a couple of three-putt bogeys and a 5-foot birdie attempt that slid by the cup at 17, Stenson became only the second player to close with a 63 in the final round of a major. Johnny Miller did it first in 1973, rallying from six shots down to capture the U.S. Open by a single stroke.This one was more like the 39-year-old showdown between Watson and Nicklaus at another course in the British Open rotation, the one 25 miles down the Scottish coastline. Watsons 65 was just enough for a one-stroke victory against Nicklaus 66, with the next-closest player another 10 shots back. On Sunday, J.B. Holmes finished third, 11 shots behind the runner-up.I thought we played great and had a wonderful match, Nicklaus wrote on his Facebook page, remembering Turnberry. Our final round was really good, but theirs was even better. What a great match.Stenson began the day with a one-stroke lead. Neither player could push the margin any higher than that until they got to the 15th, the Swede again up by a shot after rolling in an 18-foot birdie the previous hole.Mickelson had the edge, putting his approach on the green, about 30 feet from the flag. Stensons second shot rolled off the right side of the green, leaving him with a 50-foot putt up the ridge.Stenson made his. Mickelson didnt.That was the decisive blow.We both played some great golf, Stenson said. It makes it even more special to beat a competitor like Phil. Hes been one of the best to play the game, certainly in the last 20 years.Now its on to the PGA Championship in less than two weeks, the schedule compressed because of the Olympics.For Mickelson, its a chance to get over the sting of such a bitter defeat. He won the PGA the last time it was played at Baltustol in 2005.For Stenson, its a chance to quickly add another major to the one he waited so long to get.Were only getting started, arent we? he said, a newfound confidence in his voice. You never know once you open the floodgates what might happen.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry .---This story has been corrected to show that the U.S. Open was at Winged Foot in 2006. ' ' '