The best thing about NASCAR ain’t the driving…

The NASCAR drivers who voted yesterday’s Grid Girl of the Day Athena Barber as the sexiest WAG on the track may have missed a trick by denying Ingrid Vandebosch top spot. She is a Belgian model who married wheel jockey Jeff Gordon in 2006, and thoroughly earned a centerpiece position in the ‘Athelete’s Wives’ section of the Sports Illustrated 2008 Swimsuit Issue.

The hottest WAG in NASCAR has abdicated from her throne

In 2007, Sports Illustrated surveyed NASCAR drivers on the questions that really matter. Somehow, the optimum length of a handlebar moustache was never discussed, but the hottest WAG on the circuit was declared as Athena Barber, meaning there were many pairs of envious eyes staring at Clint Bowyer come race day.