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Gabrielle Giffords Learns To Drive Again... On A Racetrack!

Gabby Giffords Learns To Drive Again!
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Gabrielle Giffords is back in the driver's seat.

According to a Facebook post Giffords published Feb. 7, she and husband Mark Kelly recently got to speed through the corners of Austin, Texas' Circuit of the Americas, home of the United States Grand Prix Formula One race. The outing marked Giffords' first stint in the driver’s seat in more than three years.

Although Giffords -- who previously served as the co-chair of the Congressional Motorcycle Caucus -- writes that driving the track “was a bit like driving my motorcycle back in Arizona,” she notes that she was no Mario Andretti.

We’re beyond happy to see Giffords making strides in her recovery, though, we must say, we're a tad jealous she got to drive on such a cool track.

Watch Giffords in action in the video below:

(h/t Jalopnik)

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Giffords Appears At Gun Control Hearing
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (C) arrive for a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee about gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(02 of09)
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (C) arrive for a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee about gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(03 of09)
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Shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) arrives for a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (2nd R) arrive for a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee about gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) prepares to give an opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(06 of09)
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Shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (L) and her husband Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (2nd L) arrive for a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about gun control in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (C) speaks with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee before a Jan. 30, 2013 hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Shooting survivor and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (L) is seated next to her husband Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.) during a Jan. 30, 2013 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Shooting survivor and former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (L) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, January 30, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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