Paul Wolfe
Paul Wolfe | |||||||
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![]() Wolfe at Pocono Raceway in 2016 | |||||||
Born | Paul Stuart Wolfe April 24, 1977 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) | ||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
[edit]NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]NASCAR Busch North Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]NASCAR Winston West Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Paul Wolfe driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Paul Wolfe crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference