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Paul Wolfe
Wolfe at Pocono Raceway in 2016
BornPaul Stuart Wolfe
(1977-04-24) April 24, 1977 (age 47)
Milford, New York, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
16 races run over 3 years
Best finish52nd (2005)
First race2003 Stacker 200 (Dover)
Last race2005 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of May 8, 2020.

Paul Stuart Wolfe (born April 24, 1977) is an American NASCAR crew chief and former driver. The second son of Charles F. Wolfe, Jr. and Susan M. (Farmer) Wolfe. Wolfe graduated from Milford Central School in 1995. He competed in the NASCAR Busch North Series between 2000 and 2004, and in the Busch Series between 2003 and 2005.

NASCAR career

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In 2005, Wolfe was slated to drive the No. 6 Dodge Charger for Evernham Motorsports. In the first four events, Wolfe failed to finish in the top twenty-five once and did not qualify for a race at Mexico City's Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. He was immediately replaced by Jeremy Mayfield and Kasey Kahne, with team owner Ray Evernham stating that the team "felt it was necessary at this time to make some changes to ensure [it is] competitive." He remained under contract with the team and returned to race the car in three more events later in the year, finishing in the top-ten at Nashville Superspeedway in his final race with the team. Afterwards, he signed with FitzBradshaw Racing; he raced both the No. 40 and No. 12 Dodges in a combined five races, with his best finish being 23rd. He then worked with FitzBradshaw as crew chief on the #12 and No. 22 Dodge Chargers driven in the NASCAR Grand National Division and Busch East Series by 2006 ROTY Rubén Pardo and John Freeman.

In 2008, Wolfe worked with Braun Racing as crew chief of the No. 38 Toyota driven by Jason Leffler in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

In 2009, Wolfe worked as crew chief for CJM Racing while Mike Bliss was driving CJM's No. 11 car.

In 2010, Wolfe joined Penske Racing as crew chief of Brad Keselowski's No. 22 Dodge. Paul Wolfe and Brad Keselowski won the Nationwide series championship in 2010, giving Roger Penske his second NASCAR title.

In 2011, Wolfe remained with Penske, reuniting with Keselowski in the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Jay Guy. Paul and Brad got their first victory together in the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, edging Dale Earnhardt Jr. by stretching their fuel mileage. Later in the season, the duo also won at Pocono, and Bristol, propelling the No. 2 team into the Chase.

In 2012, Wolfe lead Penske Racing to its first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, and making Wolfe the first NASCAR Crew Chief to win championships in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.[citation needed]

On March 2, 2014, Wolfe's wife Aleah gave birth to their first child, Caden Paul. As a result, Wolfe did not serve as Keselowski's crew chief at The Profit on CNBC 500 that day.[1]

Wolfe moved to Penske's No. 22 team with Joey Logano in 2020.[2] Wolfe would win the 2022 title with Logano.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
2003 Tommy Baldwin Racing 6 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV
16 		KAN CLT MEM ATL
19 		PHO CAR HOM 89th 221 [3]
2004 DAY
36 		CAR
DNQ 		LVS
18 		DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA
12 		PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 77th 291 [4]
2005 Evernham Motorsports DAY
26 		CAL
26 		MXC
DNQ 		LVS
30 		ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH
37 		CLT DOV
16 		NSH
10 		KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR 52nd 906 [5]
FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge GTY
29 		IRP
38
12 GLN
23 		MCH
32 		BRI CAL RCH
29 		DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

Busch North Series

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NASCAR Busch North Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 NBNC Pts Ref
2000 Paul Wolfe 2 Chevy LEE
23 		NHA
21 		SEE HOL BEE 29th 957 [6]
54 JEN
17 		GLN STA
26 		NHA
40 		NZH STA
DNQ 		WFD
24 		GLN EPP TMP
29 		TRO BEE
23 		NHA
5 		LIM
25
2001 LEE NHA
5 		SEE HOL BEE
11 		EPP STA WFD BEE TMP NHA
15 		STA SEE GLN
3 		NZH
2 		TRO BEE DOV
14 		STA LIM
7 		27th 1005 [7]
2002 LEE NHA
33 		NZH
6 		SEE BEE STA HOL WFD TMP NHA
9 		STA GLN
14 		ADI TRO BEE NHA
6 		DOV
2* 		STA
10 		LIM
4 		26th 1087 [8]
2003 Tommy Baldwin Racing 9 Dodge LEE
7 		STA
7 		LER
17 		BEE
24 		STA
29 		HOL
12 		TMP
22 		NHA
37 		WFD SEE GLN
26 		ADI
6 		BEE TRO NHA
3 		STA LIM 22nd 1257 [9]
2004 19 Chevy LEE TMP LIM SEE STA HOL
10 		LER WFD NHA ADI GLN
6 		NHA
2 		DOV
2* 		24th 639 [10]

Winston West Series

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NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWWC Pts Ref
2003 D'Hondt Motorsports 06 Dodge PHO
17 		LVS CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR 54th 112 [11]

References

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  1. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (March 2, 2014). "Updated: Brad Keselowski will be without crew chief Paul Wolfe for Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Phoenix". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Long, Dustin (January 6, 2020). "Team Penske shakes up driver/crew chief lineup". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2000 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2001 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2002 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2004 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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  • Paul Wolfe driver statistics at Racing-Reference
  • Paul Wolfe crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
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