Matt Puccia
Puccia at Richmond Raceway in 2018
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1977-03-17) March 17, 1977
Watertown, New York
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
TeamTricon Garage

Matt Puccia is the Competition Director for the Tricon Garage racing team and former crew chief and Director of Operations for Roush Fenway Keslowski Racing.

Racing career

Puccia began working in Ken Schrader’s race shop in the mid-1990’s, and by 2004 had joined the Roush organization.[1]

In 2006, Puccia was assigned to crew chief with the NASCAR Truck Series team, and three years later he became the crew chief for Paul Menard in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[2]

Puccia moved to Greg Biffle’s NASCAR Cup Series team mid-season in 2011 from Roush’s research and development organization.[3] He was named the Sprint Cup Series' 2012 Crew Chief of the Year.[4] Puccia called 269 Cup Series events as a crew chief for Roush and notched three career victories and three Playoff appearances.[2] He was named Director of Operations for Roush Fenway Keslowski Racing in October 2021.[5][6]

In 2023, Puccia, moved to Tricon Garage, where he serves as the organizations Competition Director.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ "What you may not know about Matt Puccia". speedwaydigest.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "TRICON Garage unveils 2023 crew chief & personnel lineup". SpeedwayMedia.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Pockrass, Bob (April 5, 2012). "Golden opportunity: Greg Biffle has found what he needs to succeed in crew chief Matt Puccia". Sporting News. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  4. ↑ O'Donnell, John (December 7, 2012). "Watertown native Puccia acknowledges NASCAR crew chief award". Watertown Daily Times. Watertown, NY. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  5. 1 2 "TRICON Garage Announces Crew Chief Lineup for 2023 Season". tobychristie.com. 8 February 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Matt Puccia named Director of Operations for Roush Fenway Racing : NASCAR". reddit.com. 14 October 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2023.


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