Greg Zipadelli
Greg Zipadelli
Greg Zipadelliis an American crew chief in NASCAR. He is currently the competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing. Zipadelli is most notable for being the crew chief of the #20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano from 1999 to 2011. He has won 34 races and two championships in 2002 and 2005 as a crew chief. He and his wife, Nanette, have three children...
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Date of Birth21 April 1967
goes people racing respect
I think a lot of it just goes back to having respect for each other, racing people like you want to be raced.
hope
I hope not. I just want to go out and do it.
bump definitely direction drafting step
I think it's definitely a step in the right direction to make the bump drafting minimal.
whatever worked wrapped
I've always just kind of worked on my stuff, whatever I was doing at the time, and just been wrapped up in that.
bottom line needed
The bottom line is that we're here because we did what we needed to do.
capable enjoy enjoying himself realize relaxed seen seven time
It's the most relaxed I've ever seen him in seven years. It's the first time in seven years I've seen him that he can enjoy himself and realize what he's capable of and enjoying his accomplishments.
gets guarantee lap next nobody week
That'll come back around. Next week at Pocono, I guarantee you nobody gets a lap back if we're leading.
ahead difference happened instead keeps last lets looking roll worrying yesterday
The difference is that he lets things roll off his back and keeps looking ahead instead of worrying about what happened yesterday or last week,
days good hate job liked race saying team ways wish work worrying
You can't work on a race team without (people) but there are days when you wish you didn't have any of them, as the old saying goes. In a lot of ways it's fun, but it can also be pretty trying. It's one of the things that I like the most but I hate the most. And sometimes it's so overwhelming that I feel like I haven't done as good a job as I would've liked worrying about my race cars.
came consistent stay took warned
That's what they saw, and we took our lumps, came in and went back out. I mean, it is what it is. They warned us, they did it to other people, so it's not a big deal. As long as they stay consistent and keep doing it that way, I'm all right with it.
anywhere chins complacent everybody good near
As good as we've been in the past, we've never been anywhere near this. But we need to keep our chins up and not get complacent just because everything is going so well. We know everybody is gunning for us.
dog
I'm 39 years old, but in dog years I'm really 55 or 60,
good
As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.
easy guard ourselves pressure sit slip
It's real easy to say, 'Hey, we're in this thing. We're OK, ... We've got to keep the intensity, the pressure on ourselves to perform, not slip up, not sit back and let your guard down.