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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has one hot pit stop as fire erupts in Texas

Published Apr. 9, 2016 11:36 p.m. ET

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a dramatic moment in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday night.

Earnhardt pitted his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet near the Lap 180 mark of the 334-lap race and when he did, things got heated up in a hurry.

The pit stop began normally enough, but when Earnhardt's crew changed the left-rear tire, sparks flew from a lug nut and ignited fuel that had spilled on the ground, briefly creating a pit fire.

Earnhardt pulled out of the pits with the back of his car on fire, but the flames quickly burned out, as they did on pit road and he rejoined the race in the top five. 

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