Paul Wolfe

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 No. 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. He and Keselowski won the Nationwide series championship in 2010, giving Roger Penske his first NASCAR title.

In 2011, Wolfe remained with Penske, reuniting with Keselowski in the Sprint Cup Series, replacing Jay Guy. Wolfe and Keselowski 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.

Wolfe moved to Penske's No. 22 team with Joey Logano in 2020. 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 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 DOV16 KAN CLT MEM ATL19 PHO CAR HOM 89th 221 2004 DAY36 CARDNQ LVS18 DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA12 PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 77th 291 2005 Evernham Motorsports DAY26 CAL26 MXCDNQ LVS30 ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH37 CLT DOV16 NSH10 KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR 52nd 906 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge GTY29 IRP38 12 GLN23 MCH32 BRI CAL RCH29 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 Pts Ref 2000 Paul Wolfe 2 Chevy LEE23 NHA21 SEE HOL BEE 29th 957 54 JEN17 GLN STA26 NHA40 NZH STADNQ WFD24 GLN EPP TMP29 TRO BEE23 NHA5 LIM25 2001 LEE NHA5 SEE HOL BEE11 EPP STA WFD BEE TMP NHA15 STA SEE GLN3 NZH2 TRO BEE DOV14 STA LIM7 27th 1005 2002 LEE NHA33 NZH6 SEE BEE STA HOL WFD TMP NHA9 STA GLN14 ADI TRO BEE NHA6 DOV2* STA10 LIM4 26th 1087 2003 Tommy Baldwin Racing 9 Dodge LEE7 STA7 LER17 BEE24 STA29 HOL12 TMP22 NHA37 WFD SEE GLN26 ADI6 BEE TRO NHA3 STA LIM 22nd 1257 2004 19 Chevy LEE TMP LIM SEE STA HOL10 LER WFD NHA ADI GLN6 NHA2 DOV2* 24th 639

Winston West Series NASCAR Winston West Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2003 D'Hondt Motorsports 06 Dodge PHO17 LVS CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR 54th 112