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...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth21 April 1967
bad capable days great ok taking
We are capable of taking bad days and making them into OK days or even great days.
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.
fired focused hope seen seven smoke
This is like a fantasy. I hope it lasts. Smoke has been just fired up. I haven't seen him this focused in the seven years I've been around him.
dog
I'm 39 years old, but in dog years I'm really 55 or 60,
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.
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.
air aware cool damage engine happen hard help high hopefully hurt inlet keeping mastered noses run
What's going to happen is that with these cars, the noses are so sensitive, specifically the air inlet and that radius, if you damage that, your car's going to run hot. The way the noses are mounted on these cars, they're so high that keeping the engine cool is a hard thing to get mastered anyway. If you hurt that radius, you're going to just make yourself a real long day. I think everybody's going to have to be aware of that, and hopefully it will help the situation.
car run wide
We'll just run the car here (Charlotte) wide open.
cars difference joe racing took
What difference does it make what cars they take? It's Joe Gibbs Racing that took cars out there.
good
As good as we've been in the past, we've never been as good as this.
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.
bottom line needed
The bottom line is that we're here because we did what we needed to do.
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.
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.