--- title: Danica Patrick Goes Undercover as Lyft Driver: Video description: The NASCAR star takes unsuspecting riders for a spin canonical: https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T22:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:15.593Z og:title: Watch Danica Patrick Go Undercover as a Lyft Driver og:description: The NASCAR star takes unsuspecting riders for a spin og:url: https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Danica Patrick Go Undercover as a Lyft Driver twitter:description: The NASCAR star takes unsuspecting riders for a spin twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Danica Patrick Go Undercover as a Lyft Driver by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 18, 2016 10:35 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 18, 2016 10:35 PM UTC You probably know the name Danica Patrick, but you likely wouldn’t recognize her if she picked you up in a Lyft or an Uber. Especially if she was wearing a hat and sunglasses. That’s the idea behind this video from Lyft that shows the NASCAR star pretending to be a normal, amateur driver. She picks up riders in Charlotte, N.C., and though she doesn’t get _too_ crazy, she shows off a few moves. She also tries to get other drivers to race her. Throughout the video she hints at her identity but of course the passengers are totally oblivious until she officially reveals her identity. Then they all take selfies with her and go their merry ways. Danica Patrick Goes Undercover as Lyft Driver: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/"},"headline":"Watch Danica Patrick Go Undercover as a Lyft Driver","datePublished":"2016-02-18T22:35:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:15.593Z","description":"The NASCAR star takes unsuspecting riders for a spin","url":"https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4229928/danica-patrick-undercover-lyft-driver/","name":"Watch Danica Patrick Go Undercover as a Lyft Driver"}}]}] ```