Toni Breidinger

Toni Breidinger (born July 14, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Young's Motorsports, respectively driving the No. 02 Chevrolet and No. 82 Chevrolet Silverado.

Toni Breidinger
Breidinger in 2018
Nationality American
Born (1999-07-14) July 14, 1999
Hillsborough, California
ARCA Menards Series career
Debut season2018
Current teamYoung's Motorsports
Car number02
EngineChevrolet
Former teamsVenturini Motorsports
Starts3
Best finish42nd in 2018
Finished last season42nd (2018)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
Truck no., teamNo. 82 (Young's Motorsports)
Carolina Pro Late Model Series career
Current teamDLP Motorsports
Car number80
EngineChevrolet
Crew chiefBuggy Fletcher
Former teamsBreidinger Motorsports
GMS Racing
Previous series
2014–2016USAC Speed2 Western Pavement Midget Series
Championship titles
2016USAC Speed2 Western Pavement Midget Series
Last updated on: February 23, 2020.

She is the all-time winningest female in United States Auto Club (USAC) history with 19 wins.[1][2]

Early career

Breidinger began racing go-karts at the age of nine with her twin sister Annie in 2009 at Sonoma Raceway. Her father bought the sisters a go-kart after they started going to a local go-karting facility and had fun racing there. He bought one go-kart and eventually a second so each of them had their own.[3]

Breidinger during the 2018 Cheesemakers 100.

ARCA Menards Series
Breidinger's No. 55 ARCA car at Madison International Speedway in 2018.

She was called by Venturini Motorsports to run a part-time schedule for them in the ARCA Series in 2018.[4]

Breidinger returned to ARCA in 2021 on a part-time schedule for Young's Motorsports beginning at Daytona International Speedway.[5]

W Series

In 2019, Breidinger tried out for the W Series, a new racing series composed exclusively of female drivers from around the world. She first announced her intentions to become an applicant for the series in December 2018[6] (along with Natalie Decker, her 2018 teammate at Venturini). Breidinger was named to be among the top-50 finalists,[7] though she was eventually cut from the program.

Late models

In 2017 she ran various Late model races throughout the state of California as a teammate to Hailie Deegan.

In March 2019, Breidinger signed with GMS Racing to compete in several late model events for them. She also became part of the Drivers Edge Development program which is composed of up-and-coming drivers from both GMS and JR Motorsportstherefor she raced and never won and reignited with the hub.[8]

In 2020, Breidinger competed in Carolina Pro Late Model Series, for DLP Motorsports driving the 80 car. She placed 4th in points.[9] In the 8 races in the series she placed 3 Top 5s, and 4 Top 10s.[10]

NASCAR

In 2021, Breidinger joined Young's for a part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule, becoming the first female Arabic-American driver to compete in a NASCAR national series.[5]

Personal life

Breidinger and her family live in Hillsborough, California. She has a twin sister named Annie who is also a racing driver and has competed in go-karts and USAC along with Toni.[11] She has also done some modeling.[3]

Motorsports career results

Carolina Pro Late Model Series

(key)

Carolina Pro Late Model Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ARSC Pts Ref
2020 DLP Motorsports 80 Chevrolet DIL
6		 OCS
9		 HCY
7		 HCY
17		 HCY
4		 HCY
4		 HCY
3		 HCY
7		 4th 697 [12]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 NCWTC Pts Ref
2021 Young's Motorsports 82 Chevy DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2018 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD
10		 CHI
18		 IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 42nd 490 [13]
20 GTW
12

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  1. "Teen Toni Breidinger out to give W Series a spin". ESPN.com. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  2. Staff, Speedway Digest. "Toni Breidinger Pursuing MAVTV Pro Late Model Championship". www.speedwaydigest.com. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  3. Sidell, Lainey (June 15, 2018). "Beautiful People: Toni Breidinger Is Racing Full Throttle". PaperMag.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. Radebaugh, Don (March 2, 2018). "Venturini announces Midget ace Breidinger to driver line-up". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  5. "Toni Breidinger joins Young's Motorsports starting at Daytona". Young's Motorsports. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. Bruce, Kenny (December 19, 2018). "After making initial cut, Toni Breidinger hoping to give W Series a spin". ESPN. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  7. Krall, Charles (December 6, 2018). "Natalie Decker and Toni Breidinger Finalists for New W Series in 2019". ARCARacing.com. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  8. Whapham, Justin (March 6, 2019). "Toni Breidinger Joins GMS Racing's Late Model Program". GMS Racing. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  9. "Race Results". CPLMS. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  10. "Race Results". CPLMS. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  11. "Meet the 19-year-old speed demon leaving her competitors in the dust". Women in the World. June 22, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  12. "Race Results". CPLMS. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  13. "Toni Breidinger – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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