Throwback Thursday: Danica Patrick in 2008
![danica-singer-2.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MzAyNjAxMTc5/danica-singer-2jpg.jpg)
***
Exactly one month from today the checkered flag will go down at Daytona International Speedway and 31-year-old Danica Patrick will kick off her second season as a full-time driver in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Last year at Daytona, Danica became the first woman to earn a pole position at the Sprint Cup level, and closed out the day with an impressive top-10 finish.
When Danica did this shoot for Swimsuit, though, she had yet to make the leap from IndyCar to stock car racing. But even though she made her name in a less popular league, Danica, somehow—somehow—managed to capture America's attention on her own. Once SI caught on to the love affair it was obvious Danica had to be a part of the Swimsuit tradition, so we brought her 200 miles south of Daytona to Florida's Singer Island where she spent the day trying to make the swimsuit/racing gloves combo a thing for photographer Ben Watts. Enjoy the throwback!
***
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-24.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTY0ODEwNzE1/danica-singer-24jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-8.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTAxNzQ3MTYz/danica-singer-8jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-29.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3ODM2NTg4NTA3/danica-singer-29jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-20.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTAzMTg4OTU1/danica-singer-20jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-bts-6.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3ODMzMDQ5NTYz/danica-bts-6jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-9.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTY0Mjg2NDI3/danica-bts-9jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-8.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDI3OTM5ODAz/danica-bts-8jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-7.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDI5OTcxNDE5/danica-bts-7jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-5.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3ODM3MTc4MzMx/danica-bts-5jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-4.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDI4NTI5NjI3/danica-bts-4jpg.jpg)
Randall Grant/SI
![danica-bts-2.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3Mjk5OTc5NzM5/danica-bts-2jpg.jpg)
Diane Smith/SI
![danica-bts-1.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTA1NzQ0ODU5/danica-bts-1jpg.jpg)
Diane Smith/SI
![danica-bts-12.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE2NzU5NDM4ODEx/danica-bts-12jpg.jpg)
Danica Patrick
![danica-singer-9.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDMwNzU3ODUx/danica-singer-9jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-32.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3ODMzNTczODUx/danica-singer-32jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-1.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTY5MDA1MDE5/danica-singer-1jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-15.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDMwNjI2Nzc5/danica-singer-15jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-14.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTAzNzc4Nzc5/danica-singer-14jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-11.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MzAwMTc2MzQ3/danica-singer-11jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-12.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTA0NjMwNzQ3/danica-singer-12jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-27.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTcwMjUwMjAz/danica-singer-27jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-28.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3Mjk3MjkyNzYz/danica-singer-28jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-30.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDMyMTM0MTA3/danica-singer-30jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-33.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE2NzYxMzM5MzU1/danica-singer-33jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-31.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3Mjk2NjM3NDAz/danica-singer-31jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-23.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDI4MjY3NDgz/danica-singer-23jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-25.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3MDMwMTAyNDkx/danica-singer-25jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-16.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE4MTAyMjcxNDUx/danica-singer-16jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-18.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTY4ODczOTQ3/danica-singer-18jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-singer-17.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE3NTY2MzE4MDQz/danica-singer-17jpg.jpg)
Ben Watts/SI
![danica-bts-13.jpg](https://swimsuit.si.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY5MjQzMzE2NzYxNjY3MDM1/danica-bts-13jpg.jpg)
Danica Patrick