Paul Wolfe
Wolfe at Pocono Raceway in 2016
BornPaul Stuart Wolfe
(1977-04-24) April 24, 1977
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

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.

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

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

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

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

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

  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.
  • Paul Wolfe driver statistics at Racing-Reference
  • Paul Wolfe crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
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