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Driven


Danica Patrick moves fast, but in her fight against COPD, shewants us all to stop and take a breath.


spokes-hottieDanica Patrick has mastered maneuveringthe steepest of curves—


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behind the wheels of 1,500-lb Indycars and 3,400-lb stock cars and, in her teeny-weeny Sports Illustrated bikini, on the hood of a


vintage 1960s ACCobra. But the 5’ 2”, 105-lb dynamo found herself far less equipped to handle the curve that life threw her when her beloved grandmother died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, at age 65 in 2001. Ten years later, the


NASCAR and Indy star, 29, is steeringher grandma’smemory—and life-changing early detection—into the spotlight as a


celebrity ambassador for theDrive4COPD campaign. Since 2010, the initiative, through NASCAR races, other live events


andDrive4COPD.com, has screened more than 1 million people potentially at risk for the progressive lung disease, which is the nation’s fourth leadingcause of death.


BY CHRIS MANN acingwunderkind and GoDaddy


TOMAKEA DIFFERENCE


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