Points leader Jeff Gordon likes the timing of time off this weekend
The first weekend off for Cup drivers since April couldn’t have come at a better time for Jeff Gordon.
Looking ahead to his time off, the current points leader and four-time champion said, “I’m going to be changing diapers and just hanging out as Dad, and I’m excited. I’m looking forward to it.”
Jeff Gordon’s wife, Ingrid, gave birth to a daughter, Ella Sofia, on June 20. It’s their first child.
“We’re just going to pretty much stick around home,” Jeff Gordon said. “Towards the end of the off-weekend before Indianapolis, we’re going to be in Charlotte with family and some friends that we haven’t had a chance to visit with yet.”
Asked when his daughter will make it to the racetrack for the first time, Jeff Gordon said, “I don’t know. We’ll have to see. We’re talking about possibly Indianapolis being the first, maybe just race day.
“I don’t think she’ll be there for the whole weekend. We got to get some logistics and things worked out there first. You know you just can’t pick up and go like you used to be able to.
"Whenever Ingrid and her are comfortable with it all then she’ll be there.”
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