Atlanta Motor Speedway gives Jeff Gordon a bandelero for his kids
Jeff Gordon has said he doesn’t want 2015 to become a farewell tour. But you can be damn sure he’s going to get a lot of gifts throughout the season.
The gift he got from Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday was pretty cool. The track gave him a No. 24 bandalero car for his kids Ella and Leo.
“That is amazing,” Gordon said after accepting the gift. “I appreciate you not giving me anything. Leo is going to want to sleep in this thing at night. I have a feeling this might end up in his bedroom for a year or two before he can drive it. That is awesome. Thank you so much. I was watching practice earlier with Xfinity and I saw the ‘Thanks 24’ out there in the grass. It really put a big smile on my face.”
Gordon’s first Sprint Cup start came at Atlanta in 1992. It was also Richard Petty’s last race. In 41 starts at the track he has five wins and 26 top-10 finishes.
Will Ella, 7, and Leo, 4, race it? Ella turned laps in a quarter midget car last year.
“Well first of all Mom and Dad are going to have to figure out if [Leo] can because we did the quarter midget track last year a couple of times. Ella was ready to go. Leo is not quite ready, but I can see him being ready soon, but Mom and Dad were not ready for that. That was terrifying. This thing goes a lot faster than a quarter midget. As cool as this thing is it is going to be more on me getting my heart ready for it. We have ordered two quarter midgets this year because we do plan on doing more of it.
“When Leo is ready we have got one for him. I think that they are going to drive some cars I just don’t know where it all is going to go.”
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