Stewart ain’t going anywhere: Joe Gibbs Racing hoped to silence talk that Tony Stewart might be trying to get out of his contract early, saying there have been no discussions between the driver and team. “There’s absolutely no truth to that,” said J.D. Gibbs, president of JGR. “The nature of this sport is that when a guy is running well, other teams try to talk to him. But there’s no truth that Tony is trying to leave.” Stewart, in his fourth season with Gibbs, is signed through 2004. There’s been speculation that he might drive for Chip Ganassi, who fielded a car for Stewart in the Indianapolis 500 last season, and it’s believed Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried to get him when he was considering buying into a Winston Cup team. But Gibbs said Stewart isn’t going anywhere, at least for the time being. “He’s here at least through ’04,” Gibbs said. “Our policy has always been to not talk about guys under contract, so we don’t talk about that.”(ThatsRacin.com/AP)(9-1-2002) (8-31-2002)
