Danica Patrick’s Got Milk

Got Milk? Fan-favorite IRL driver Danica Patrick was captured this month promoting healthy, strong bones as the latest celeb to join the popular Body By Milk campaign.

Danica has proven herself in IRL by being the first woman to win an Indy Car race and with the Indianapolis 500 approaching quickly on May 24th, maybe she’ll get to follow tradition. Every year Indycar drivers aspire to have a taste of milk on the podium. She told the media that her choice for Victory Circle at the Indy 500 is chocolate milk – a combo of protein and fast carbs.

“Milk is a tradition in the Indy 500. It started way back, I think it might have been back in the 40s or something and one of the drivers had wanted milk after the race and so ever since then it’s been a tradition and something that every driver does after they win the Indy 500.”

Danica, 27, says the milk ad is something “I’ve always seen, always noticed, always thought it was so cool and that maybe one day I’d get to do it.”

Not only is Danica the first female race car driver to participate in the Got Milk? campaign; she’s the first Indy car driver as well. Here’s hoping she gets to celebrate by drinking some this weekend.