Paul Stuart Wolfe (born April 24, 1977) is an American

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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

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between 2000 and 2004, and in the

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between 2003 and 2005.

NASCAR career

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, Wolfe was slated to drive the No. 6

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for

Evernham Motorsports Evernham Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing organization that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 2000 by former Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Ray Evernham, entering full-time competition as a two-c ...

. 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

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. He was immediately replaced by

Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is an American former stock car racing driver. He drove cars for the Sadler brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. In 2009, he d ...

and

Kasey Kahne Kasey Kenneth Kahne (; born April 10, 1980) is an American professional dirt track racing and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet SS for Richard Childress Racing. Currently, K ...

, with team owner

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stating that the team "felt it was necessary at this time to make some changes to ensure

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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

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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

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as crew chief of the No. 38 Toyota driven by

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in the

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. In 2009, Wolfe worked as crew chief for

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while

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was driving CJM's No. 11 car. In 2010, Wolfe joined

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as crew chief of

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's No. 22 Dodge. Paul Wolfe and Brad Keselowski won the Nationwide series championship in 2010, giving

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his second NASCAR title. In 2011, Wolfe remained with Penske, reuniting with Keselowski in the

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, replacing Jay Guy. Paul and Brad got their first victory together in the

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, edging

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by stretching their fuel mileage. Later in the season, the duo also won at Pocono, and

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, propelling the No. 2 team into the

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. 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

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in 2020. Wolfe would win the

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and

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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

Busch North Series

Winston West Series

References

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