Paul Wolfe

Paul Wolfe (born April 24, 1977, in Milford, New York) is a NASCAR crew chief and former driver. He competed in the NASCAR Busch North Series between 2000 and 2004, and in the Busch Series between 2003 and 2005.

In 2005, Wolfe was slated to drive the #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 two races. 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 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 #40 and #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 #22 Dodge Chargers driven in the The NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch East Series by 2006 ROTY Ruben Pardo and John Freeman.

In 2008, Wolfe worked with Braun Racing as crew chief of the #38 Great Clips 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 #11 car

In 2010, Wolfe joinedPenske Racing as crew chief of Brad Keselowski's #22 Discount Tire Dodge. Paul Wolfe and Brad Keselowski won the Nationwide series championship in 2010, giving Roger Penske his first NASCAR title of any kind.

In 2011, Wolfe remained with Penske, reuniting with Brad in the NASCAR 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 #2 team into the Chase.

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