The #55 team is done for the season now... They'll have to qualify on speed every week this whole season, which I don't think they'll be able to do. He won't finish good enough in the 150s to secure a spot for Daytona, so he'll be going into week 2 with -100 points... It's tough to get into the top-35 in owner-points when you miss races.
...unless he can get his big brother in the driver's seat to use his "past champion" provisional to get the car in the races but FOX might have a problem with that.