Stewart denies crew chief rumor:

#14-Tony Stewart denied on Tuesday a weekend social media report that Greg Zipadelli would become his crew chief in 2013. ‘No, that’s not true,’ Stewart said during a promotion for sponsor Mobil 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. ‘That’s the first I ‘ve even heard about it. Nobody has thought about that or discussed that. We ‘re pretty comfortable where we ‘re at with our lineup right now.’ Stewart and Zipadelli won two Sprint Cup titles together at Joe Gibbs Racing before Stewart became the driver/owner of Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009. Zipadelli joined Stewart as competition director at SHR this season. Zipadelli also is the crew chief for #10-Danica Patrick’s 10 Cup races this season. Stewart said there are no plans to leave Zipadelli with Patrick when she moves to Cup full time in 2013.(ESPN)(8-29-2012)