Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes costly mistake entering pit road, finishes 14th

DARLINGTON, S.C. ? Dale Earnhardt Jr. was on his way to turning another poor qualifying effort into a top-10 and possibly a top-five finish when he made a mistake in the Showtime Southern 500 Saturday night at Darlington Raceway. Coming in on his final pit stop on lap 329 of the scheduled 367-lap event, Earnhardt Jr.?s car struck the cone on the outside of the commitment line entering pit road ? and the Hendrick Motorsports driver was hit with an automatic pass-through penalty.

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