Tony Stewart On Danica Patrick: ‘When We Have Something To Talk About, We Will Tell You’

Tony Stewart firmly – but politely – stuck to his standard script on Friday when asked by reporters about the possibility of Danica Patrick joining his Stewart-Haas Racing team for some NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races next season.

Stewart was reacting to Marty Smith’s ESPN report reiterating Patrick’s NASCAR plans for 2012. Earlier in the day, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said pretty much the same thing as Stewart.

“It’s like I’ve always said: When we have something to tell everybody, we’ll tell them,” Stewart said. “But there’s nothing to tell yet. I know there’s a lot of speculation, but there’s nothing to really talk about yet.”

After Smith brought up his report, Stewart chuckled and said, “I don’t care about your sources.”

“When we have something to talk about, we’ll talk about it,” he said again. We won’t leave anybody out.”

Then, after another reporter tried to ask the Danica question in a different way, Stewart chuckled again.

“When we have something to talk about, we will tell you,” he said. “I promise you, I will not let any of you be late for the deal.”

Is his SHR team prepared to expand beyond two cars?

“We’ve said that from day one,” he said. “We’re definitely open to a third team.”

On a different topic, Stewart called his Watkins Glen wreck at the end of Monday’s race “self-inflicted” – even though it wasn’t his fault.

“I put myself in a position around a couple guys I know in that scenario are not going to be worried about anything but themselves,” he said. “That’s my fault. It’s my job the next four weeks to try and get ourselves out of it.”