Overview
- Sophie Cunningham’s selfie with Sydney Sweeney from the Nov. 2 NASCAR Cup Series Championship included a cheeky caption on X that quickly drew widespread attention.
- Cunningham said on her Show Me Something podcast that the post was lighthearted, praised Sweeney as "so nice," and described their interaction as a quick one- to two-minute exchange.
- At Phoenix Raceway, Cunningham served as an honorary pace-car driver as Sweeney held the checkered flag to promote her film Christy, which she introduced with a statement reported via Fox News.
- Cunningham joked that NASCAR drivers are "really small," telling her co-host they came up to her "belly button" during a discussion about whether any drivers were attractive.
- She also recounted being approached by a friend of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert at the event with a question about leadership, a sensitive topic given her prior public criticism during ongoing CBA tensions, while she continues rehabbing a torn MCL as an unrestricted free agent.