MADISON, Ill. -- Nick Peebles is a strong looking young man who at first glance might seem like a star football player. But thanks to the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Program, Peebles, who is African-American, is now open to a career path as a NASCAR pit-crew member. Peebles, along with Dedrick Perry and Joseph Peebles, were walking pit road before Saturday night's Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park, soaking in the atmosphere of their first NASCAR race. They were fresh off a pit crew combine they participated in a couple of days earlier, and they were getting revved up about the whole experience.
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