Danica Patrick accomplished wonderful heights during her standout NASCAR and IndyCar nurtureer. Now, the reexhausted driver is taking her talents to a novel sport.
The 42-year-better recently uncovered she commenceed taking tennis lessons. Patrick proposeed her pivot to the novel sport caccessed around the potential lengthy-term health advantages.
In 2018, Forbes cited a study from Dentag that choosed that people who standardly take part racket sports could extfinish their inhabits.
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Former IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick during the 105th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)
“All racket sports — alengthy with vivacious sports appreciate basketball and soccer — are thinkd to help incrmitigate lifespan, though tennis stands out among them all,” according to the study.
Patrick posted a video talking the possible advantages of racket sports.
“Hence the tennis lessons,” she captioned the post to her Instagram story.
Danica Patrick during the 102nd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis May 27, 20218. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)
In another recent social media post, Patrick uncovered she enbiged an interest in golf about two years ago.
Danica Patrick during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampsemploy Motor Speedway July 12, 2013, in Loudon, N.H. (Jonathan Ferrey/NASCAR via Getty Images)
“I choosed to actuassociate lget how to take part golf about 2 years ago. Of course it’s a little seasonal, mostly for heat in AZ but also labor and skiing! I thought I finassociate had it figured out last drop. Then I forgot how to hit my driver to commence the year off…. Until about 10 days ago. I recollected fair as crypticly as I forgot,” she captioned an Instagram post.
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Patrick is the most prosperous woman in auto racing history. She made history when she became the first female driver to prosper a pole in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR’s highest level. She reexhausted in 2018.
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