IndyCar Series superstar Danica Patrick graces the pages of Sports Illustrated’s annual Swimsuit Issue
I’ve never been a big fan of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue and still not but I am a fan of Danica Patrick and after her win this past weekend in Japan it brought up her photo shoot in the Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue, so I had to see it, the online version of course. (Link Below)
More than 69 million people are expected to read the special issue while more than 250 million people are expected to view photo galleries on the magazine’s website.
“What an amazing honor to be asked to be in the SI Swimsuit issue,” said Patrick, who will joined other models and celebrities at the launch party Feb. 12 in New York City. “It’s such an amazing publication and has such a following. I look at it and I like to see the pictures, and I’m a girl so I can’t imagine how many people will see the issue.”
A four-page spread features photos of Patrick that were shot at Singer Island, Fla., by photographer Ben Watts last fall following the IndyCar Series Open Test at Barber Motorsports Park. Additionally, a 44-photo gallery is available on Sports Illustrated’s website.
“It was a lot of fun, actually,” she said. “I expected it to be nerve-wracking. I’ve posed (for many photos) in clothes, but I’d never posed in a swimming suit. I didn’t know if I’d know exactly what to do, but amazingly it all translated over. I was comfortable and we all had fun. We shot so much stuff in a relatively little amount of time. It was a day and half of a good time. We even were able to relax a little after the second day.”
Not only did she spend time in front of the camera, Patrick is also featured in a full-page Q&A with Dan Patrick, who recently made his debut on the pages of SI as a senior writer and weekly columnist.
In addition to its vast U.S. readership, the 2008 SI Swimsuit Issue will be distributed in more than 10 foreign countries, including China, Czech Republic, Greece, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain and Taiwan. Working directly with Patrick and her Andretti Green Racing team, the Indy Racing League will give fans the opportunity to win a limited edition autographed poster from the SI shoot by visiting indycar.com.
See the all the Photos of Danica
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