Background
He was born on April 9, 1975 to Paul Pattie (1946-2007) and Thelma "Hege" Pattie in Zephyrhills, Florida.
He was born on April 9, 1975 to Paul Pattie (1946-2007) and Thelma "Hege" Pattie in Zephyrhills, Florida.
He attended and graduated from Zephyrhills High School in 1993.
He was the former crew chief for Juan Pablo Montoya. In 1994, Pattie began his career as the fabricator for Joe Nemechek at the Nationwide Series. In 1996, he started working for Hendrick Motorsports at the 1996 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup Series.
He returned to Nemechek in 1997 as the crew chief at the Nationwide Series.
Between 1997 and 2003, Pattie only attended a few Cup Series races per year, mostly on road course races, crew chiefing for the #87 team, driven by Ron Fellows. Fellows came close to several wins with Pattie as crew chief, finishing 2nd at Watkins Glen in 1999 and leading the most laps at Sonoma in 2001.
In 2003, Pattie started working for NEMCO Motorsports as the team manager and crew chief for the Number. 7 (Randy LaJoie) and 87 (Joe Nemechek) cars.
In 2004, Chip Ganassi Racing recruited Pattie as the crew chief for the Number.
41 car (Reed Sorenson) at the Nationwide Series. In 2007, he was the crew chief for Dario Franchitti and Scott Pruett. In May 2008, he started working as Juan Montoya"s crew chief
In December 2011, he was named as the crew chief for Clint Bowyer.
He has also worked with other racers including Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, David Stremme, Michael Valiante, Kevin Hamlin and Scott Lagasse Junior.