Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Danica Gets Nearly Naked Again/ More about Manske

Danica Gets Nearly Naked Again
As promised today begins a look at your favorite female TV sports reporters. We will get to today’s feature but first some news.

Once again Danica Patrick has shed her driving suit for a swimsuit. Ms. Patrick and other female athletes and models will appear in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated. SI.com posted 34 photos of Danica like the one below on their website.

(Image courtesy of photographer Marlena Bielinska and SI.com)

The photos were shot in a New York studio with a silver Shelby Cobra 427. This is the second year in a row Danica Patrick has appeared in the SI issue.

“This year’s swimsuit photo shoot for Sports Illustrated was a lot of fun,” said Patrick, who will be featured on the cover of the May issue of Shape. “Most of the photo shoots I have done in the past have been in studios so I felt comfortable. The photos turned out great.”

The cover of the magazine features a shot of Patrick on the upper right corner of the cover. As a bonus, each of the approximately 6,000 7-Eleven stores in North America will hand out 25 commemorative Danica/IndyCar Series posters with the first 25 purchases of the Swimsuit Issue. A total of 151,500 posters have been printed, each featuring Patrick in a swimsuit along with the '09 IndyCar Series schedule.

You can find all of the photos including behind the scenes images and video on Sports Illustrated’s website by clicking here and here.

More about Manske
Nichole Manske is currently host of ESPN’s NASCAR Now. As of this writing, she is 28 years old. Manske is originally from the same hometown as Danica Patrick. In fact she went to the same high school as Danica. Danica and Nichole were both cheerleaders.

In 1998 Nichole Manske competed and won Miss Illinois Teen USA. Manske attended Northern Illinois University. Her first job was at WREX-TV. From there she went to WANE-TV and then to WISH-TV in Indy.

While there she began working for the IMS Radio Network. According to the Indianapolis Star, she has dated several drivers including Dan Weldon.

In 2006 she moved to Charlotte to work for Speed hosting The Speed Report.

While on the program her choice in clothing was a little different.

She also changed here hair rotating between blonde to brunette and finally to a funky black.

In 2008 she left Speed to go work for ESPN hosting NASCAR Now. This year the IRL announced that Nichole Manske became engaged to Penske Racing’s Ryan Briscoe who has a place in Charlotte where Penske Racing is now based. Congratulations to the happy couple.

Danica Patrick image courtesy of photographer Marlena Bielinska and SI.com. Images in the Nichole Manske article courtesy of Speed, Miss Illinois Teen USA, photographer Shawn Payne of IndyCar.com
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