JGR says crew chief Zipadelli will remain with team next season

By SceneDaily Staff
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
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Tony Stewart has only had one crew chief for all 338 of the Cup series races in his career, Greg Zipadelli, but that appears likely to change next season.
 
As part of Joe Gibbs Racing’s announcement Wednesday that Stewart will leave the team at the end of the 2008 season, a news release also said his parting “will end the longest active driver/crew chief relationship in the Sprint Cup garage.”
 
“No matter what, Tony and I will remain close friends,” Zipadelli said in the release. “I know when it comes to the No. 20 team, things will obviously be a lot different next year, but I remain as committed as ever this year to winning races with Tony and securing our spot in the Chase [For The NASCAR Sprint Cup] to contend for a third championship.”
 
Stewart said Zipadelli is the “best example” of JGR’s philosophy of surrounding him with “great people.”
 
“We’ve accomplished so much in our 10 years together on the track, and off the track, he’s been like a big brother to me,” Stewart said. “It’s a friendship I cherish and expect to continue, even while he stays at Joe Gibbs Racing and I move on.”

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    4da88 said:
    Jul 9, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    Good luck Tony! It will be strange to see you without Zippy, but good to see you back in a Chevy.

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    Rose Sweeney said:
    Jul 10, 2008 at 10:51 AM

    Good luck Zippy. Will be sad not to see you & Tony together & I'm sure you'll miss him. Maybe sometime in the future you'll be back together again. We can only hope.

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    Rex Lee said:
    Jul 16, 2008 at 6:25 PM

    I'm sorry Zippy won't be on Smokes pit box next year. There seems to be alot of things about 2010 still unsaid though. Me and a couple of buddy's was talking the other day about the time Chad Knause got mad about somthing at a race [nobody could remember where at] He went down to Tonys pit stall telling Zippy to come down off that box he was going to give him what for.Zippy was writing somthing down on a clipboard. He held up his hand like he saying was just a minute, finished writing put the clipboard down jumped off the pit box and thumped Knause climbed back up on the pitbox put his head set on set down and went back to work. Gonna' miss ya' Zippy. Good luck at J.G.R.

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    Amanda Brezgel said:
    Aug 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM

    I'm wondering why Zippy isn't following his beloved to his own team...

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