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“We are working
on it,” said Zipadelli, “and if we can get it all worked out, we are going to
head that way.
“We are looking to expand,” he continued. “We are looking
to do whatever we can to make Stewart-Haas a better place to race (and) give
our drivers better resources. Our goal is to give our teams better
product to race every week, going into Daytona. With four good drivers
next year, I think that it gives us that opportunity. Our owners are
aggressive. It’s kind of exciting. In a time where everybody is kind of
going the other way, we’ve got owners that are committed to stepping up and
hopefully making Stewart-Haas a bigger and better place in the future.”
He also explained the sequence of
events that led to Busch’s offer, just days after Tony Stewart had insisted that the team
was not looking to expand.
“Gene Haas is
obviously a partner, and started this many years ago,” said Zipadelli. “He
has always liked Kurt. We had talked about Kurt last year -- putting him in the
No. 39 (instead of Newman) – but things just didn’t work out.
“It’s really
nothing that Ryan did wrong,” Zipadelli said. “He’s done a great job. He’s a
good guy, a heck of a driver. This just kind of got sprung on us 14 days
ago or less. Gene showed some interest and (has) the ability to put
something together. Without getting into a ton more details, that is
really all it is.
“It’s something
we are working on, (but) I don’t know that it will all come together,” he
cautioned. “It’s going to take an awful lot. It is kind of
late. We didn’t think we would have all the pieces to put together at
Loudon, and felt like it was the best thing for Ryan to give him a fair shot at
securing something for himself.”
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