Next Danica Patrick?Toni Breidinger: the Arab NASCAR driver who side-lined racing to model for Victoria’s Secret
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An opportunity to race in any of NASCAR‘s premium stock car racing national series is a path to instant celebrity status. The racing scene offers much more spotlight to women racers than men. This is due to the rarity of female drivers succeeding in a male-dominated sport as NASCAR.
The ARCA Menards Series is a stepping stone to NASCAR greatness. Toni Breidinger is one of the female driver aspiring for that big glory. The American-Arab racer drives Venturini Motorsports No:25 Toyota Camry in the lower series. She holds the record for most United States Auto Club races wins by a woman with her 19 victory lane visits.
The 23 years old racing talent was discovered at the age of 9 when her dad got her the opportunity to Kart race on the iconic Sonoma track. Since then, she has been chasing the dream. She made her ARCA series debut in 2021. Since then, she has impressed on and off the track.
Toni Breidinger has been using social media to build her racing career as well a model at the same time. Now the Californian seems to have found the right path as she has secured a modeling gig with Victoria’s Secret.
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The victorious Secret Modelling appearance and what Toni Breidinger had to say about it
Toni Breidinger took to Instagram and shared a photo of her sporting a Victoria’s Secret lacy bra. She was later featured in another photo shared by the leading undergarment company on their official Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Reacting to the career-changing opportunity she was provided by Toni Breidinger, the racer acknowledged she has been concentrating on mental and physical health in the past two years. She also acknowledged she had struggled earlier with body confidence.
‘Little me is crying, Growing up, I struggled a lot with body confidence. This past year I focused on my mental and physical health over appearance,” Toni Breidinger said.
Toni Breidinger pointed out that it’s a proud moment for her to model for Victoria’s secure commenting on her Instagram post “I’m honored to be part of [the] Victoria’s Secret family. Thank you for letting me feel confident in my own skin,”.
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Could Toni Breidinger be the next-Danica Patrick
Racing talent-wise, Toni Breidinger doesn’t seem to match the caliber shown by Danica Patrick. But she has the potential to achieve the same glory and fame of the former driver. The path and history she left behind might be the right one to take for Toni Breidinger.
Her social media presence and charisma is now showing on the tracks. She can possibly next become a successful model. Now she needs to up her game in the ARCA series. After all, she has never been in the victory lane even once in the series.
The 2022 season has been fruitful in the sense of consistent top 10 runs for the female driver. She has secured 5 top 10 finishes and 9 top 15 finishes so far this season. She has to convert this consistency to victories to make it big time in the racing scene and get to the ultimate glory of NASCAR.
What are your thoughts on Toni Breidinger?
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