Career
He competed in CASCAR (now Canadian Tire Series) for three seasons from 2001 to 2003. He currently serves as the crew chief for Martin Truex, Junior."s Number. In 2001, Pearn debuted in the CASCAR Super Series at Delaware Speedway, finishing 17th.
Pearn competed full-time in 2002 and 2003, driving the Number.
24 Pontiac and recording a best finish of sixth twice: in 2002 at Delaware and 2003 at Race City Speedway. After graduating from college, Pearn worked for Toyota, and later moved to North Carolina.
He joined Richard Childress Racing in 2007, working with Kevin Harvick"s Number. 29 crew as an engineer
In 2010, he joined Furniture Row Racing as a team engineer, though he left for JTG Daugherty Racing in 2011.
Pearn returned to FRR during the 2012 season, becoming the team"s lead race engineer On December 3, 2014, Pearn was promoted to crew chief of the Number. 78, replacing Todd Berrier, who had departed the team to join Joe Gibbs Racing, and Pearn became the first regular Canadian crew chief in Cup Series history.
In 2016, Pearn was suspended for the Kobalt 400 after failing technical inspection at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
The team had also been penalized at the Daytona 500 the week before for roof flap problems.