Paul Wolfe has put collectively a NASCAR Corridor of Fame legacy in a brief period of time however the Workforce Penske crew chief for Joey Logano continues to focus ahead.
“It’s nice. I’m enthusiastic about it,” Wolfe mentioned after successful his third Cup Sequence championship. “However I’ve mentioned this many occasions — I simply go to work day-after-day and attempt to do the perfect I can for (Roger Penske) and the corporate and the chance they gave me after I got here on board some 15 years in the past or so now. I’m simply making an attempt to benefit from it.
“You simply must go to work day-after-day and show your self prefer it’s your first day on the job. That’s form of how I’ve approached it.”
Wolfe and Logano have gained two championships collectively (2022, 2024). The primary title for each got here whereas paired with another person. In Wolfe’s case, it was Brad Keselowski in 2012, which was his second season as a Cup Sequence crew chief. And that championship was additionally the primary within the NASCAR Cup Sequence for Penske.
In 9 seasons collectively, Wolfe and Keselowski gained 29 races and completed within the high 5 within the championship 5 occasions. They by no means had a winless season.
The success has continued with Wolfe guiding Logano’s No. 22 crew. It’s been 5 years which have produced two championships, three Championship 4 appearances, and 13 wins.
“I’ve been lucky to work with two actually gifted drivers since I’ve been at Penske, and I’m surrounded by a whole lot of nice individuals,” Wolfe mentioned. “There are guys on the crew as we speak that began with me again with the (Xfinity Sequence) automobile there after I first began in 2010 with Brad.
“After which clearly our transition to Cup in 2011. There are guys that began with me then. It’s fairly particular that we’ve been capable of maintain a terrific group of fellows collectively that, I suppose, form of perceive how I prefer to method issues. They usually’ve performed a very nice job. It makes my job simpler.”
Wolfe has by no means had a winless season as a Cup Sequence crew chief. On common, Wolfe and his drivers win three races a yr.
In October, when Wolfe and Logano gained at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was Wolfe’s forty first profession win, which is essentially the most within the collection by an lively crew chief. He ended the yr sitting on 42 profession wins because the crew gained the race and the championship at Phoenix Raceway.
“I’ve by no means tried to micromanage,” Wolfe mentioned. “I attempt to rent guys that may assume for themselves and do their job, and everyone knows what our place is amongst the crew and do it to a excessive normal that’s set from the boss, the expectations. And I’m simply glad we are able to proceed to deliver him (Penske) issues that hasn’t been performed up to now with three-in-a-row championships is fairly cool.”
