- ABC News
- February 19, 2016
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Danica Patrick has a new crew chief for 2016 and what she calls a "fun vibe" around her race team. I asked her boyfriend, driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., if that has made her more relaxed away from the racetrack. "She's always fairly relaxed," Stenhouse said. "She does yoga for that. I sit on the couch." Patrick does, in fact, do yoga. She invited a few of us in the media to do a class with her Wednesday at a Daytona Beach studio, and let's just say some of us are hoping the video evidence is minimal. As we went through a litany of poses, stretches, handstands and breathing exercises, we rookies strained and groaned and quietly laughed at each other's lack of balance. And we all gained an appreciation for how fit and flexible Patrick is. And that was the point. Patrick is more out front this year in promoting her lifestyle of smart eating and regular exercise because healthier living is the message of her new primary sponsor, Nature's Bakery. It's an...