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| The Home Depot
| Joe Gibbs
| Tony Stewart
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Greg Zipadelli first began working on a NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour car owned by his father at the age of seven, and by age 14, he was preparing race cars for his family-owned Sherwood Racing Team.
By the time he was 20, the New Britain, Conn., native was a championship-winning crew chief, leading Modified Tour driver Mike McLaughlin to the series championship on the heels of five wins and 15 top-five finishes.
Zipadelli headed south in 1998 to join Roush Racing as the chassis specialist for the No. 99 Cup team of driver Jeff Burton. With Zipadelli's astute recommendations for chassis setups, Burton won two races, earned 18 top-five and 23 top-10 finishes and finished fifth in points.
When team owner Joe Gibbs began laying the groundwork for a second team with Tony Stewart behind the wheel, he conferred with veteran Joe Gibbs Racing crew chief Jimmy Makar as to who would be the best choice to lead the No. 20 Home Depot Racing Team. They looked no further than Zipadelli.
In 2002, Zipadelli and Stewart reached pinnacle of stock-car racing success -- winning the NASCAR championship.
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