Ryan Blaney and his wife, Gianna Tulio, are expecting a child together. So, all that the former NASCAR Cup Series champion plans on doing during the off-season is to take care of the baby.Due in December 2025, it will be Blaney’s first child. So it’s all uncharted territory for the Team Penske driver. However, the driver is excited. During a recent interview with journalist Matt Weaver, the Hartford Township, Ohio, native said,“Everyone keeps asking for my off-season plans. I have no plans. I have the plan of keeping a child alive.”“That's what my plan is,” Ryan Blaney continued. “We're probably a couple weeks out. That will consume our off-season but in a good way. We're excited. It's just that of going to the holidays as opposed to the kid is an old and get out. Like, ah, we've got to stay home. It's a youngin'. So, yeah, we're looking forward to that. That's all we've got planned.”No one from Team Penske's camp made it to the Championship 4 in 2025. Ryan Blaney fell out of the playoffs in the Round of 8, and so did Blaney’s teammate, Joey Logano. Even though Blaney is not in contention for the Cup Series title, he will compete in the 2025 championship race, scheduled for Sunday, November 2. Currently the 31-year-old is in his tenth full season in the Cup Series and eighth driving for Team Penske.Fans can watch the 312-lap event live on Peacock starting from 7:30 pm ET onwards. Exclusive radio updates will be available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Blaney will enter the race sixth on points, with three wins, 14 top fives, and 18 top-10s.Ryan Blaney’s wife, Gianna Tulio battles through a rough start to her pregnancyAlthough Ryan Blaney’s wife Gianna is embracing all the changes that come with childbirth, the beginning of her pregnancy wasn’t the smoothest. Back in July, Gianna revealed that she had been undergoing weekly IV treatments to tackle her symptoms.Blaney appeared on an episode of the Dale Jr. Download podcast, where he spoke about how everything is shaping up for Gianna. He said (55:28),“Seeing like Gianna just go through it and like struggled really hard in the beginning, like being super sick for a long time and then like and hated it, right?”“Like this sucks. Like, I literally am sick all day, every day for months. And now, the last couple months, she’s gotten over that. And it’s gotten to a point where she’s really enjoying it now,” he added.It’s just one race until NASCAR crowns its 2025 Cup Series champion. The four drivers still running for the championship are Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Kyle Larson, and William Byron.