Rookie NHRA POWERade Series Funny Car driver Ashley Force was voted “Hottest Female
Athlete” by AOL users and now faces NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, of the New England Patriots, for the overall title of
“Hottest Athlete in Sports.”
Force defeated IRL’s Danica Patrick en route to the
title. Voting continues through Monday, with the winner to be revealed
Wednesday.
The surprising part of
it all is that Force had no idea she was even in the contest.
“I actually
didn’t find out until I had already gone to the second round, and a girlfriend
of mine that I had grown up with, sent me a text and she said, ‘I voted for
you,’ and I didn’t know what she was talking about,” Force said. “And then a
couple of other people sent me phone messages and texts and finally I asked the
people at work – because we’re on the road a lot and I’m not able to get online
very often when we’re traveling – and they looked it up and they found out. It
was kind of a surprise.
“I didn’t know
that they were even doing the contest, so I had to get online and check out all
the different people that were in it – and I’m sponsored by Oakley and there
were a couple of other athletes sponsored by Oakley, so it was cool to be in
that contest with them. The fans at the races, once they caught on and were
hearing about it, they were pumped up as well to have a drag racer in the mix.”