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Published: June 20, 2008
A dream of a summer job for NASCAR fan
The other day, Merle Pearce sat in Jimmie Johnson 's driver's seat.
A few days before, he set up the shocks that could land in Jeff Gordon 's car.
Right now, he's trying to figure out how to get Dale Earnhardt Jr. 's No. 88 to turn better in the corner.
Not bad for a 21-year old from Durant.
A member of the Chickasaw tribe, Pearce is part of NASCAR 's Diversity Internship Program, which seeks to ...
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