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| Gibson gets a new gig |
Tony Gibson, currently crew chief of the No. 39 U.S. Army/Quicken
Loans team of driver Ryan Newman, will move to the No. 10 GoDaddy.com team of
driver Danica Patrick. Gibson will get a jump start on the 2013 season by
serving as Patrick’s crew chief during her last two Sprint Cup races of the
2012 season – Nov. 4 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth and Nov. 11 at
Phoenix International Raceway.
Matt Borland, currently vice president of competition for SHR,
will add to his duties by returning to the role of crew chief when he takes
over the No. 39 team beginning at Martinsville. Borland served as Newman’s crew
chief for five years when the two were together at Penske Racing (2002-2006),
earning 12 wins and 37 poles.
The 2013 structure of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 team of
driver/owner Tony Stewart and crew chief Steve Addington will remain unchanged
from 2012.
Greg Zipadelli, competition director for SHR, explained the
restructuring, saying, “We have a lot of talented people at Stewart-Haas Racing
and as we grow, it’s important to place people in the proper roles to get the
best out of everyone.
“Tony Gibson has been with Stewart-Haas Racing from the beginning
and knows what it takes to build a team. His experience will be crucial to
developing the No. 10 team and Danica, and the rapport he already has with Matt
Borland and Steve Addington will make the communication between all three of
our teams seamless.
“Matt Borland has had great success as a crew chief, and much of
it came when he and Ryan Newman worked together. Matt and Ryan both have
engineering backgrounds and they have similar mindsets. It’s a pairing that
produced some very good results and there’s no reason why it can’t produce
similar results now that they’re back together. Their four races together this
year will position them very well for 2013.”
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