SCENE & HEARD
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The new food chain
6:01 PM
Joe Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing joked that the owners work for the drivers these days, and not the other way around.
"A few years ago Tony Stewart bought the biggest house in the Peninsula [subdivision of Charlotte], where I live," Gibbs said. "Now Denny Hamlin, who's only been driving for us for a short while, bought a house in Peninsula. It happens to be right next to mine. Not only did he buy it, but he's tearing it down and building something bigger."
Actually, Hamlin is only doing an extensive remodeling of the existing structure. J.D. Gibbs, Joe's son and president of Gibbs Racing, said that Hamlin's people have been working on it so long, though, that he might as well have torn it down and started over.
"They've been working on it for eight or nine months. But we like our drivers in debt, so that's good," J.D. Gibbs added with a laugh.
-- Joe Menzer
"A few years ago Tony Stewart bought the biggest house in the Peninsula [subdivision of Charlotte], where I live," Gibbs said. "Now Denny Hamlin, who's only been driving for us for a short while, bought a house in Peninsula. It happens to be right next to mine. Not only did he buy it, but he's tearing it down and building something bigger."
Actually, Hamlin is only doing an extensive remodeling of the existing structure. J.D. Gibbs, Joe's son and president of Gibbs Racing, said that Hamlin's people have been working on it so long, though, that he might as well have torn it down and started over.
"They've been working on it for eight or nine months. But we like our drivers in debt, so that's good," J.D. Gibbs added with a laugh.
-- Joe Menzer
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