Carlos Eduardo Trocon Ortiz (born June 12, 1979), known professionally as Eddie Troconis,[1] is a Mexican stock car racing crew chief who most recently worked for Young's Motorsports, serving as crew chief of the team's No.

6 truck[4] and starting at Talladega in October, he replaced Daniel Bormann as the team's crew chief.

The following year, he was only crew chief for the team in the season-opener at Daytona before being replaced by Cody Sauls.

When Sharp's team closed down after the 2013 season, 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.

After all of their drivers except for Matt Crafton had winless seasons and missed the playoffs in 2016, ThorSport shook up their crew chief lineup the following year and Troconis moved from the No.

[5] The two remained together in 2018, and they won another race at Kentucky, Rhodes' home track, which qualified them for the playoffs for the second straight year.

[6] Bud Haefele served as the interim crew chief for the team in Troconis' absence.

On October 6, NASCAR indefinitely suspended Troconis for violation of Section 12.8.1.c in the rulebook, which relates to behavioral conduct.

He 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.

Through this, it was revealed that Troconis had been suspended because he was involved in a fight with spotter Clayton Hughes during the race weekend at Talladega in October.

[12] Troconis was instrumental in helping KBM driver Daniel Suárez learn more English when he first came to drive for the team in 2015.

The two Mexicans working together came in handy, and Suárez sharpened his English-speaking skills as the season went on with Troconis' help.