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Kate Upton is the first Daytona 500 grand marshal to be featured on SI’s swimsuit issue cover...
Media Release  |  Posted February 14, 2012   Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona 500 grand marshal Kate Upton is a well-known model. (Photo: Getty Images)
For Kate Upton fans around the world, Valentine’s Day came a little early late last night when the Daytona 500 Grand Marshal and Melbourne, Fla., native was unveiled as the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Upton and her Three Stooges co-star, Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Lynch, will deliver the four most famous words in motorsports – “Drivers, start your engines” prior to the start of the 54th annual “Great American Race” on Feb. 26, 2012 (FOX, 1 p.m. ET).

“SI’s Swimsuit Issue is the most anticipated sports publication each year – to have one of our wonderful Grand Marshals on the cover is exhilarating,” said Daytona International Speedway president Joie Chitwood III.

“Kate will have hearts racing around the world before she and Jane give the command to bring 43 stock cars roaring to life. There is a lot to love about this year’s Daytona 500.”

Jane Lynch is best known for her role as the sarcastic villain on FOX’s hit show "Glee", for which she has earned an Emmy and Golden Globe. Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Will Sasso -- starring as Larry, Moe & Curly – in the all new "The Three Stooges" movie from Twentieth Century Fox, will start the action by delivering the green flag at the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s most prestigious race.
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