Dale Earnhardt Jr. raises his hands to cheering fans on the grid before the Verizon 200 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports team found a big surprise in one of their car’s engines this week.

Earnhardt Jr. said on Twitter this week that after unloading the cars from last weekend’s races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his team encountered a possum in the engine bay of one of the cars.

Dale Jr. of course had to share photo evidence to prove he wasn’t lying.

There it is — an actual possum in the engine bay just as he said.

JR Motorsports had four cars race in the Alsco Uniforms 302 at Las Vegas last weekend. All four cars finished in the top seven, with Josh Barry, Noah Gragson and Justin Allgaier finishing 1-3.

If an animal were to be found in the engine, they should be happy it was a possum and not a snake.

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