Toni Breidinger shares NASCAR plan as she chases | Sports News

Toni Breidinger is at the moment dwelling her goals each on and off the racetrack — however the rising NASCAR star nonetheless has her sights set on carrying out even more.

Last November, Breidinger landed a full-time seat with TRICON within the Craftsman Truck Series. Through 12 races this season, the 25-year-old ranks twenty third within the factors standings, along with her best end coming at Rockingham Speedway the place she positioned 18th.

When Breidinger isn’t behind the wheel of the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, she is making waves within the modeling world. Last month, the Northern California native appeared alongside Livvy Dunne in this yr’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

Though fashions and NASCAR drivers don’t at all times go hand-in-hand, Breidinger revealed that she at all times dreamed of sometime pursuing each careers. “When I was younger, my biggest dream was to be a model and a race car driver,” she informed Bro Bible’s Grayson Weir.

“So it’s cool that worked out for me. I’m able to do both and I actually feel like they go hand in hand. I love marketing and I really do love the social media side of what I do. Both of those things are obviously really important to building my brand.

“I feel like I would have found my way into maybe the fashion world or marketing regardless, but everything that I’m interested in outside of the track, my job kind of involves that. And I’ve never had a Plan B, because if you have a Plan B, you think your Plan A is not going to work out!”

Despite already reaching immense success in her business and racing endeavors, Breidinger insisted that she’s centered on reaching larger heights. “I’m going to be doing this forever. I would hope to be in the sport for a long time and it’s hard to put a timeline on everything because it changes every single day,” Breidinger defined.

“I would say my five-year plan is to be in the NASCAR Cup Series. I feel that’s a realistic goal for me. But I would love to be in this sport until I have to stop doing it.”

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Before becoming a member of TRICON on a full-time foundation, Breidinger burst onto the national scene by dominating within the ARCA Menards Series. The first Arab American girl to compete in NASCAR’s National Series actively holds probably the most top-10 finishes of any feminine driver in any respect levels with 27.

Now within the Craftsman Truck Series, Breidinger conceded that it’s taken some time to get used to the “massive” leap in competitors. “I’ve learned so much this year. The jump on the competitive racing side from the ARCA Series to Trucks is pretty massive,” she stated.

“The ARCA Series is a great stepping stone place to learn but the competition on Trucks is more intense. It’s my first time on a lot of the tracks this year and we only get 20 minutes of practice, which means I have to learn them really quick. I’m up against guys who have already been to these tracks a few times. And you have more obligations on top of it because it’s that next level up.”