Eddie Troconis is a two-time Mexican Formula Three International champion and a Rookie of the Year Award winner in the Formula Vee Series and Indy Lights de las Americas.
20 Facts About Eddie Troconis
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Eddie Troconis competed in the NASCAR Toyota Series and Desafio Corona Series.
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Eddie Troconis attempted one Busch Series race in 2006 driving the No 23 for Keith Coleman Racing at Watkins Glen, but failed to qualify.
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When Sharp's team closed down after the 2013 season, Eddie Troconis moved over to Kyle Busch Motorsports as an engineer, and was promoted to crew chief of their No 54 truck, driven by Christopher Bell, Gray Gaulding, and Matt Tifft, towards the end of the 2015 season when Shannon Rursch left the team.
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KBM shut down the No 54 truck in 2016, and Eddie Troconis went to ThorSport Racing to crew chief Cameron Hayley and the No 13 truck.
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Also that year, Eddie Troconis was suspended for one race at Dover due to Rhodes' truck failing post-race inspection at the Daytona race earlier in the year and losing the appeal to the penalty.
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In 2019, Eddie Troconis left ThorSport after three years with the team, going to AM Racing as the crew chief for the No 22 truck driven by Austin Wayne Self.
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Towards the end of the 2020 Truck Series season, Eddie Troconis would leave AM Racing for Sam Hunt Racing, a part-time team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, to crew chief Mason Diaz in the team's No 26 Toyota Supra.
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Ryan Salomon would replace Eddie Troconis at AM Racing for the last four races of the season.
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Eddie Troconis joined Young's Motorsports as crew chief of for the team's No 02 in the Truck Series, which for the majority of the season was driven by Kris Wright.
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Eddie Troconis would be the crew chief of the team's No 02 car in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East whenever Connor Mosack was the driver of the car.
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Eddie Troconis turned himself in to the Talladega County Sheriff's Deputies Office on January 5,2022 and is facing between one and ten years in jail if convicted.
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Eddie Troconis was reinstated before the 2022 season after the charges were dropped by a prosecutor in February.
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Eddie Troconis returned as crew chief of the Young's Motorsports No 02 truck, now driven by Jesse Little and Kaz Grala.
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On December 7,2022, Eddie Troconis was convicted of second-degree assault in relation to the incident.
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Eddie Troconis is the husband of Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb.
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Eddie Troconis was the crew chief for Cobb and her race team in the Xfinity Series in 2012.
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Eddie Troconis was instrumental in helping KBM driver Daniel Suarez learn more English when he first came to drive for the team in 2015.
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Eddie Troconis happened to be the engineer for KBM's No 51 truck that year, which is the truck Suarez drove in his part-time schedule with KBM.
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Eddie Troconis earned degrees in mechanical engineering, business management, and a master's degree in marketing.