Danica Patrick

There is something very appealing about Danica Patrick. Whether she’s at a Maxim photo shoot or behind the wheel of an Indy car, you just want to cheer her on.

Born on March 25, 1982, her full name is Danica Sue Patrick. She looks like the girl next door, (if the girl next door was a Maxim model,) and drives like a demon. She’s arguably one of the 10 best race car drivers in the country, currently competing in the NASCAR Nationwide and the IndyCar Series.

She’s been in a CSI New York episode playing, what else, a race car driver, and she’s also had a Sports Illustrated cover. If you don’t follow racing, then you probably know Danica best from her GoDaddy commercials. Her spots have consistently been the most watched SuperBowl commercials and she drives the GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports on a part time basis.

When she’s not racing, acting, modeling or hosting a show on Spike, you can find Danica doing charity work and we have a picture in our gallery of her wearing one of the red dresses for the “Heart Truth” campaign, to raise heart disease awareness among women.

While her commercials and modeling work have been racy, Danica has turned down an offer from Playboy to pose nude. Working in a male dominated industry, it was probably a very smart thing for her to do at this time.

Danica Patrick comes by her skills as a racer the old fashioned way. Her mother, Bev was a snowmobile mechanic and met Danica’s father, T.J. when he was racing snowmobiles. It's no wonder Danica was the first woman to lead a lap at Daytona. It's in her blood.