Jeff Gordon and wife, Ingrid, expecting a baby boy

By Bob Pockrass

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Jeff Gordon and his wife, Ingrid, are expecting a baby boy in August.

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NASCAR Illustrated

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TALLADEGA, Ala. – Jeff Gordon and his wife, Ingrid, are expecting a baby boy in August.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver and his wife found out last week that their second child will be a boy. They are happy, Gordon said, that their 2-year-old daughter, Ella, will have a baby brother.

“There’s no doubt we were rooting for a boy,” Gordon said Tuesday at Talladega Superspeedway. “I think for us, the ultimate would be to have a boy and a girl. We want two. We want both.

“But the most important thing is just for a healthy baby. So we were going to be totally content and fine and stop at two no matter what, even if it was a girl.”

So will Gordon’s new boy – or Ella – be racers?

“Whatever it is that is going to be their passion in life, I want to support them in whatever that may be,” said the four-time Sprint Cup champion. “If it’s racing, that’s great. I’ll support either one of them. But we’re just going to try to present as many opportunities as we possibly can and see if there’s something that they’re really truly passionate about, interested in.

“[It’s] kind of do it the same way I feel my parents did with me. You know, I don’t think they thought I was going to be a race-car driver when I was born. I think that they were just interested in trying to pursue opportunities with their children and find their passion. For me, I was fortunate that I got introduced to racing and loved it right away.”

The first priority now for Gordon is get a nursery ready again.

“Part of my duties this past week was cleaning out the storage room and getting out some of the things that we had for Ella that we could still use for a baby boy,” Gordon said.