Glenburn’s Jordan Pearson was planning to take this year off from racing at Hermon’s Speedway 95.

“I’m building a car for the road so I was going to take some time to get that done,” explained Pearson.

But Pearson was offered an opportunity to drive another truck for Dana Harlow – he drove a different truck for Harlow last season – and then Dave McCullough asked him if he’d like to drive a Strictly Street car for him.

So the 19-year-old has gone from taking the season off to driving in two classes.

And it is certainly agreeing with him.

He is third in points in both classes and is well within striking distance of the leaders.

It is the first time he has driven full time in two classes.

“I had done it a little, here and there, in the past [but not full-time],” said Pearson.

Pearson is just four points behind Ellsworth’s Brad Norris in the Strictly Streets and two behind second-place Wayne Parritt Jr. of Steuben. He is 18 points behind Ernie Wallace of Winterport in the Trucks and just two back of second-place Peter Drake of Clifton.

Pearson has three wins in the Strictly Streets and two in the Trucks.

“It’s a lot of work but it’s definitely a lot of fun,” said Pearson.

Sometimes Pearson finishes one race and jumps right into the other vehicle for another race.

“I don’t even get a chance to get my picture taken,” quipped Pearson, referring to the post-race picture that is snapped of the top three finishers in each division. “But you won’t hear me complaining.”

Pearson brings Harlow’s “early 1990s Chevy pickup” home and works on it but McCullough works on the Strictly Street car, a “1985ish Camaro Z.”

Pearson, who is on an eight-week break from Auburn’s Central Maine Community College, said he has been surprised by how well the truck has been running.

But he knew exactly what he was getting when it comes to the Strictly Street car.

“We had sold the car to Dave this year,” said Pearson. “I knew it was going to be good.”

Pearson, who works at Downeast Toyota and is taking an automotive course at CMCC, said he hopes to challenge for the points championships in both classes.

“That’s the plan right now,” said Pearson.

Dillon, Sellers may move up

Austin Dillon and Peyton Sellers, who drive for the Andy Santerre Motorsports Team, finished second and third in the Strutmasters.com 150 Camping World East (formerly Busch North/Busch East) race at South Boston (Va.) Speedway Saturday night.

But they may be both bumped up a spot because winner Brian Ickler had some issues in the postrace technical inspection and Camping World officials will announce their findings today.

Just three races into the season, two cars have already been disqualified including Sellers, who had his season-opening victory at Greenville-Pickens Speedway (S.C.) taken away.

Marc Davis’ second-place finish in the U.S. Cellular 200 at Iowa Speedway in the second race was also nullified when his car failed the technical inspection.

“I expect that they’ll take away [Ickler’s] win,” said Cherryfield’s Santerre, who owns the ASM team and based his rationale on the trend established by Camping World officials this season.

He said if they are going to continue to disqualify cars on a regular basis, they “need to be consistent.”

Dillon, grandson of Sprint Cup Team owner Richard Childress, continues to lead the points.

If Ickler is disqualified, it will be Dillon’s second win. Dillon was awarded the win when teammate Sellers was disqualified.

Santerre said Dillon and Sellers both had “good runs” on Saturday night.

They will run the road course at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) on Sunday afternoon.

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