Giffords posted a video of her driving on a closed course in Texas. Gabrielle Giffords takes the wheel

Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords drove a car for the first time since she was shot three years ago, saying 2014 “will be a year of many wins” and sharing the news on Facebook on Friday.

“2014 will be a year of many wins for me—moments when I do something I thought I might never be able to do again,” Giffords wrote.


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Giffords posted a video of her driving on a closed course at Texas’s Circuit of the Americas.

“Driving at CoTA was a bit like racing my motorcycle back in Arizona—but this time, it was just me, Mark and the pavement,” Giffords wrote. “I feel honored to have taken this important step on one of the finest tracks in the world. And while I may not be Mario Andretti, I think I handled the road pretty well.”

Earlier this year, Giffords, commemorated the anniversary of the shooting that left six dead and critically wounded her by penning an op-ed for the New York Times on gun control and going sky-diving.

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Since she went skydiving, the former lawmaker said she has made more progress including, “practicing my French Horn, working on my speaking, and walking a bit faster every day.”

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