Cole Pearn

Cole R. Pearn (born October 13, 1982) is a Canadian NASCAR crew chief and former stock car racing driver. He competed in CASCAR (now NASCAR Canada Series) for three seasons from 2001 to 2003. He also was a three-time Canadian Go-Kart Champion, Delaware Speedway Track Champion and winner of the Great Canadian 300 in 2006. He is currently serving as the crew chief for Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 56 Tricon Garage team in the NASCAR Cup Series. Pearn led Truex to the Cup championship in 2017.

Pearn was considered NASCAR's best active crew chief during his career, having turned Furniture Row Racing from a backmarker to a championship contender. Pearn was the crew chief responsible for 17 of the team's 18 race wins.

Career Pearn, a three-time national kart racing champion in Canada, competed in late models. Pearn competed full-time in 2002 and 2003, driving the No. 24 Pontiac and recording a best finish of sixth twice: in 2002 at Delaware and 2003 at Race City Speedway.

Richard Childress Racing: 2007 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 No. 29 crew as an engineer.

Multiple teams: 2010-2018 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 No. 78, replacing Todd Berrier, who had departed the team to join Joe Gibbs Racing, 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. During the 2017 season, Pearn and Truex won eight races en route to the series championship. The following year, Pearn and Truex won four races during the year at Fontana, Pocono, Sonoma, and Kentucky. Rumors throughout the year swirled the Furniture Row team after sponsor 5 hour Energy left the team and eventually the team announced they were shutting down. Truex and Pearn made it to the final four again in 2018 and finished second in the final standings.

Joe Gibbs Racing: 2019 In 2019, Pearn and Truex moved to Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 19 team following Furniture Row Racing's shutdown after the 2018 season.

On December 9, 2019 Pearn announced that he had parted ways with JGR to pursue opportunities outside of NASCAR. He remained involved in the sport as an analyst for NASCAR.com.

IndyCar In August 2020, Pearn joined IndyCar Series team Ed Carpenter Racing as the lead engineer for Conor Daly in the Indianapolis 500.

Personal life Pearn's father Ron was a stock car driver at Checker Flag Raceway in Windsor, Ontario.

After leaving the crew chief ranks, Pearn moved to British Columbia. He and his wife Carrie operate the lodging chain Golden Alpine Holidays. 2001

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