Paul Wolfe

Paul Wolfe
Paul Wolfe
	Wolfe at Pocono Raceway in 2016
Born	Paul Stuart Wolfe; April 24, 1977 (age 47); Milford, New York, U.S.
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	16 races run over 3 years
Best finish	52nd (2005)
First race	2003 Stacker 200 (Dover)
Last race	2005 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
	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.^{[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 and 2024 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	Tommy Baldwin Racing			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
	FitzBradshaw Racing	12	Dodge																								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]
2000		54							JEN 17	GLN	STA 26	NHA 40	NZH	STA DNQ	WFD 24	GLN	EPP	TMP 29	TRO	BEE 23	NHA 5	LIM 25		29th	957	^[6]
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

^ 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.
^ Long, Dustin (January 6, 2020). "Team Penske shakes up driver/crew chief lineup". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2000 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2001 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2002 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2004 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^ "Paul Wolfe – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

External links

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

[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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