by Holly Cain

Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Testing

Drivers were consistently topping 200 mph Tuesday during NASCAR's first major test of the new spoiler at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Twice during the afternoon drafting session, NASCAR called the cars back into the garage to switch to a smaller restrictor plate and slow the cars down.

Four-time champ Jeff Gordon -- second fastest in the morning session behind his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson -- was encouraged by the performance of his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet and the driveability of the cars.

Good news. But Gordon also shared what he considers even better news.

He and his pregnant wife Ingrid found out during last week's bye-week that they will be having a baby boy this August to join 2-year old big sis, Ella.

"I can tell you last week I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about this test. ... Luckily I had a team that was thinking about it before then,'' Gordon conceded with a laugh during a lunch break at Talladega.

Jeff Gordon Talks Expectations: New Spoilers and New Son originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:36:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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