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Dale Earnhardt Jr. to start from rear at Dover

No. 88 team changed rear gear Sunday morning

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from the rear in Sunday's FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (1 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM) at Dover International Speedway after the team changed a rear gear in his No. 88 Chevrolet on Sunday morning.

Earnhardt Jr. had qualified 16th in Friday's session. In a pair of Saturday practice session, the No. 88 came in ninth and 19th.

Junior has one win in 30 starts at Dover, and it came in 2001. He's earned a top-10 finish in four of the past six races at the 1-mile concrete oval.