Before her first birthday, Addison Hornish had already traveled to 28 different states. She has seen the Grand Canyon and the world's largest aquarium in Georgia. She has dipped her baby toes in Lake Tahoe as well as the Gulf of Mexico.

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The interaction and just where she's at right now is so exciting and so much fun and I love it. She's starting to say 'I love you' and those types of things. That's just the best moment as a dad that you can get.

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JEFF GORDON

More important, she has visited nearly every race track on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. The tot has made more races than your average go-or-go-home car as she is the daughter of Penske Racing's Sam Hornish Jr. and wife Crystal.

"Her first race was Bristol in March. She was five weeks old. From there she basically went to about 30 races," Hornish said.

With the arrival of motorhomes in the 1990s combined with NASCAR's ever-increasing family-friendly atmosphere, drivers are feeling more comfortable raising their families trackside as opposed to parenting long distance from a phone line.

Today's NASCAR moms and dads, though difficult at first, are finding creative ways to keep their youngsters satisfied and well adjusted 36 weekends out of the year while away from their home base.

"Addison has three different beds," Hornish explained. "A crib at our home in Ohio, a crib in North Carolina and her baby pea pod. We keep the baby pea pod in the motorhome."

He said he has noticed an influx of newborns and toddlers on pit road this season, creating a scene similar to that of a Sunday family picnic.

Some weekends you can find Jeff Gordon's Ella Sophia climbing in the cockpit of the No. 24 as well as Juan Montoya's son Sebastian and daughter Paulina in the No. 42. The drivers cradle their kids and move their tiny hands to cover their hearts during the national anthem and then pass them to mom before rolling off pit road to take the green flag.

Meanwhile play dates are being arranged amongst the NASCAR wives tasked with keeping their kids entertained for nearly 500 miles. Luckily, Addison Hornish almost always falls asleep by Lap 30, said mom Crystal.

Perhaps this is where the term NAPCAR came from?

"She slept through the entire Atlanta race last week," Crystal Hornish said. "She didn't wake until right before Sam got back to the motorcoach. I worried about restarts but they don't affect her. She takes her longest naps during the practice sessions but as soon as the cars stop, she is ready to play again." (Continued)