Jeff Gordon Loves Being a Hands-On Dad

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NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon and his wife, Ingrid Vandebosch, are relishing life with their five-month-old daughter Ella Sofia.

As a first-time dad, Gordon, 36, tells PEOPLE he loves being hands-on with the feeding and diaper duty, but finds giving baths to little Ella the most rewarding. "The baths are the best! She's so happy in the bathtub," said Gordon.

The NASCAR and Daytona 500 racecar driver has experienced some big milestone moments with his daughter. "She got spoon fed for the first time [recently]," said Gordon at the Sprint Nextel and Tiffany & Co. NASCAR celebration in New York City Wednesday night. "I can't say she's gone a long way with that, though." Another milestone occurred when Gordon and Vandebosch celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary in Mexico with their daughter earlier this month.

"She got to swim for the first time. Well, she was floating," Gordon said. "She loved it."

Asked if Gordon thinks his daughter might follow his career path onto the racetrack one day, "I'm not necessarily expecting her or pushing her," he said. "I'd be surprised if she becomes a racecar driver."

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Hey Jeff, Got a minute, we Iowa fans would love to see a race here in our state, Rusty's track is awesome, maybe Nascar needs to give it a second look, we cold climate fans need something to think about to make it through winter and the off season. Maybe you could just test here once, we a true fans and would like the chance to see you up close racing around a beautiful new track.
Gordon fan from the State of Iowa

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