Jeff Gordon: We're having a boy
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Jeff Gordon: We're having a boy: NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon and his
wife Ingrid Vandebosch have revealed that their second child will be a
boy. Gordon shared the news Tuesday on his website: "I'll speak with
the media here in Talladega in a few minutes, but I wanted to let all
of my fans on JeffGordon.com know first that Ingrid and I are having a
boy!" Gordon, 38, announced on the same website Feb. 4 that
Vandebosch, 40, was twelve weeks pregnant. (US Magazine)
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25 cars test spoiler at Talladega with speeds topping 200 mph: NASCAR
is testing spoilers at Talladega Superspeedeay. Twenty-five Sprint Cup
teams are at Talladega on Tuesday to practice with a spoiler on cars
in place of the rear wing. The all-day session started with single-car
runs, then switched to a drafting practice. Speeds topped 200 miles an
hour. (Canadian Press)
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Gibbs to be inducted into Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame: Joe Gibbs,
once considered a rival to many in the state of Texas as the Super
Bowl-winning head coach of the Washington Redskins, will now be hailed
by the Lone Star State as he will be the latest motorsports icon
inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame. Gibbs, who owns
three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships (2000, �02, �05) as owner
of Joe Gibbs Racing, will be honored Friday, April 16, during the
Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame Gala held in the Speedway Club�s Grand
Ballroom at Texas Motor Speedway during the Samsung Mobile 500 race
weekend. Along with Gibbs� induction, Texas Motor Speedway and
Speedway Children�s Charities-Texas Chapter will help recognize other
outstanding individuals in motorsports � renown Sprint Cup Series team
owner and engine builder Robert Yates, Sprint Cup Series star Kyle
Busch, four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon, JTG-Daugherty
Racing�s Marcos Ambrose, veteran motorsports reporter John Sturbin �
as well as recognize the top moment from the 2009 season at �The Great
American Speedway!� �It�s a great honor to have been selected into the
Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame and I want to thank everyone with the
Speedway and all those that voted for me to receive this recognition,�
Gibbs said. �I�m not so sure everyone in Texas would agree with them
judging by some of the reactions I used to get on the sidelines with
the Redskins. But in all seriousness, I have always felt that Texas
has some of the best and most passionate fans in the country and
certainly their support of the NASCAR community has been outstanding.
Any success we have had at TMS should really be attributed to our
drivers, crew chiefs and all the people here at Joe Gibbs Racing.�
Gibbs will become the 12th member of the Texas Motorsports Hall of
Fame, joining previous inductees A.J. Foyt (2003), Johnny Rutherford
(2003), Terry Labonte (2004), Lee Shepherd (2004), Kenny Bernstein
(2005), Jim Hall (2005), Eddie Hill (2006), Mark Martin (2007), Jim
McElreath (2007), Bobby Labonte (2008) and Bruton Smith (2008). (PR)
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