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 It didn’t take long for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to find trouble Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

He was reminded of it often, too — like every time he shifted gears in his No. 88 Chevrolet. From Lap 43 on in the 500-lap Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Earnhardt’s shifter was held together by a bungee cord.

When it first popped out of gear on him he fell all the way to 38th in the 43-car field after getting it, um, fixed. He appeared to be …  Details

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