Toni Breidinger

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

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

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.

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

Breidinger returned to ARCA in 2021 on a part-time schedule for Young's Motorsports beginning at Daytona International Speedway. The team also announced that Breidinger would run a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series that year, driving the No. 82, a new part-time fourth truck for the team. After she makes her first start, she will become the first female Arab-American driver to compete in a NASCAR national series.

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 (along with Natalie Decker, her 2018 teammate at Venturini). Breidinger was named to be among the top-50 finalists, 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 Motorsports.

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

Personal life
Breidinger is of Lebanese and German descent; 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. She has also done some modeling.

Breidinger appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on February 25, 2021 to discuss her 2021 season plans, her run in the ARCA race at Daytona which happened two weeks prior, and her racing career as a whole. She became the first NASCAR driver that was not from the NASCAR Cup Series to appear as a guest on the show.

Carolina Pro Late Model Series
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NASCAR
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ARCA Menards Series
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ARCA Menards Series West
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