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Jeff Gordon's Littlest Cheerleader: Daughter Ella!

Originally posted 08/10/2009 08:00AM

NASCAR star Jeff Gordon’s daughter Ella Sofia, who turned 2 in June, isn’t sure what her daddy does at the track, but she recognizes that his work involves sitting behind the wheel.

"She knows that I have a race car for work and when she sees [one] at the track she says, 'Go papa go!' " Gordon, 38, told PEOPLE's Celebrity Baby Blog late last week at The Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y., where he was preparing to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Ella planned to be on the sidelines "cheering him on" during Monday's race, after being rained out Sunday.

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