The relationship between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick will need repairing before two of NASCAR's most popular drivers head to this weekend's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. A couple of on-track incidents late in Saturday night's race at Kentucky Speedway left both with damaged Chevys, low finishes and a little bad blood between them. Earnhardt's brake problems resulted in his No. 88 car tapping the back of Patrick's No. 10 with about 60 laps remaining, sending her into the outside wall to bring one of a track-record 11 cautions.
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