Matt Puccia is the Competition Director for the

Tricon Garage TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards ...

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. In 2006, Puccia was assigned to crew chief with the NASCAR Truck Series team, and three years later he became the crew chief for

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in the

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. Puccia moved to

Greg Biffle Gregory Jack Biffle (born December 23, 1969) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for NY Racing Team and full-time in the ...

’s

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team mid-season in 2011 from Roush’s

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organization. He was named the Sprint Cup Series' 2012 Crew Chief of the Year. Puccia called 269 Cup Series events as a crew chief for Roush and notched three career victories and three Playoff appearances. He was named Director of Operations for Roush Fenway Keslowski Racing in October 2021. In 2023, Puccia, moved to Tricon Garage, where he serves as the organizations Competition Director.

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