NASCAR's Jeff Gordon Jokes About Teaching His 2 Teenagers How to Drive: 'Oh Boy'

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CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Jeff Gordon is sharing how he approaches teaching his kids to drive The former professional race car driver is also hoping to get his teenagers driving a stick shift this summer Gordon shares his kids with wife Ingrid Vandebosch Jeff Gordonmay be a former professional race car driver, but he's just like any other dad when it comes to teaching his kids how to drive. On Tuesday, June 10, Gordon appeared on an episode ofTodayand spoke about what it was like teaching his daughter, Ella, 17, how to drive. Gordon shares Ella and son Leo, 14, with wife Ingrid Vandebosch. When asked how he teaches them how to get behind the wheel, Gordon cheekily replied, "Very carefully." "Very carefully. I mean, you get 'em started young. You go to the parking lot," he joked. "You get in the driveway." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. He was then asked if he'd taught his kids how to drive stick, which is how one historically drives a race car. "My goal this summer is to get both of my kids to learn how to drive stick," the dad of two said. "So it is definitely a goal." "But I will say, one of the most terrifying moments I've had is being in the passenger seat. I'm not a very good passenger to begin with, when my daughter was first getting her permit. Oh boy." Although Ella is now driving, getting her license wasn't the first time she was behind the wheel. When she was 6, Gordon introduced her to the world of racing. "Ella driving a quarter midget for the first time yesterday," he captioned anInstagram postin April 2014. "The smile says it all." However, Gordon later shared that racing didn't seem to be something she was interested in. "[Racing] didn't seem to stick," Gordon shared onThe Charlotte Observerpodcast in November 2023. Instead, her interest in speed came in another form: running. "My daughter is the athlete in the family," he said. "She's the speed demon. She runs track." He went on to call her "a tremendous athlete" in track and field. Sean Gardner/Getty "She [also] plays field hockey. She can play about anything, honestly. She can high jump, pole vault," he said proudly. His son also learned how to drive a quarter midget early on, at the age of 7. In 2017, Gordon shared a video of his son driving laps for the first time on hiswebsite. "He had a lot of fun!" he wrote. Similar to his sister, though, Leo didn't want to follow in their dad's footsteps. "They just have other interests and that's fine," Gordon said onThe Charlotte Observerpodcast. "I want to support them and whatever they're passionate about." In fact, Gordon's son seemed to be more interested in the entertainment industry. "I think he might want to be a YouTube star one day, you know, an influencer," he said with a laugh. Read the original article onPeople

 

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