Toni Breidinger | |||||||
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Born | Antoinette Marie Breidinger July 14, 1999 Hillsborough, California, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2016 USAC Speed2 Western US Asphalt Midget Series Champion | ||||||
Awards | 2014 USAC Speed2 Western US Asphalt Midget Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 1 (Tricon Garage) | ||||||
First race | 2023 Heart of America 200 (Kansas) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Fresh From Florida 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
47 races run over 5 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 25 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 6th (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Madison) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
ARCA East no., team | No. 25 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 14th (2023) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2023 General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
6 races run over 4 years | |||||||
ARCA West no., team | No. 25 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
Best finish | 54th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of April 21, 2024. |
Antoinette Marie Breidinger (born July 14, 1999) is an American stock car racing driver & Victoria's Secret Model. She competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, and part-time in the East and West Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage.
She formerly held the record for most United States Auto Club (USAC) wins for a female with 19 before Jessica Bean broke the record. [1] [2]
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]
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] 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. This would have made her the first female Arab-American driver to compete in a NASCAR national series. [5] [6] Her Truck Series debut did not end up happening because she left Young's Motorsports in July to return to Venturini Motorsports, where she was announced to compete for them in 4 main ARCA Menards Series races along with the West Series season-finale at Phoenix. [7]
Breidinger's 2024 NASCAR season kicked off with a 27th-place finish at Daytona International Speedway in the Truck Series [8] and a 37th-place finish in the ARCA Menards series. [9]
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 [10] (along with Natalie Decker, her 2018 teammate at Venturini). Breidinger was named to be among the top-50 finalists, [11] though she was eventually cut from the program.
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. [12]
In 2020, Breidinger competed in Carolina Pro Late Model Series, for DLP Motorsports driving the 80 car. She placed 4th in points. [13] In the 8 races in the series she placed 3 Top 5s, and 4 Top 10s. [13]
Breidinger is of Lebanese and German descent; [14] her family lives 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. [15] She has also done some modeling. [3]
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. [16]
On September 14, 2022, Breidinger announced on Instagram that she was hired to be a model for Victoria's Secret. [17] In September 2023, Breidinger participated in Victoria's Secret 2023 Tour.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 23 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
2023 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN 15 | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW 24 | NSH 17 | MOH | POC | RCH | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 38th | 55 | [18] |
2024 | DAY 27 | ATL | LVS | BRI | COA | MAR | TEX | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | POC | IRP | RCH | MLW | BRI | KAN | TAL | HOM | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [19] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | 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 | [20] | |
20 | GTW 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY 18 | PHO 30 | TAL 12 | KAN 12 | TOL | CLT 20 | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | 13th | 258 | [21] | |||||||||
Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | WIN 9 | GLN | MCH | ISF 9 | MLW | DSF 12 | BRI | SLM | ||||||||||||||||
55 | KAN 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 25 | DAY 9 | PHO 15 | TAL 24 | KAN 10 | CLT 11 | IOW 11 | BLN 9 | ELK 12 | MOH 13 | POC 10 | IRP 17 | MCH 11 | GLN 14 | ISF 18 | MLW 12 | DSF 13 | KAN 9 | BRI 16 | SLM 8 | TOL 14 | 6th | 824 | [22] | ||
2023 | 55 | DAY 23 | PHO 22 | TAL 12 | KAN 11 | CLT 12 | ELK 9 | MOH | POC 6 | MCH | IRP 9 | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN 3 | BRI 12 | 9th | 489 | [23] | ||||||
25 | BLN 5 | IOW 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | SLM 4 | TOL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 25 | DAY 37 | PHO 9 | TAL 10 | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [24] |
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV | IOW 11 | MLW 12 | BRI 16 | 17th | 93 | [25] | |
2023 | 55 | FIF | DOV 7 | NSV | FRS | IRP 9 | MLW | BRI 12 | 14th | 143 | [26] | |||
25 | IOW 5 | |||||||||||||
2024 | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | -* | -* |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | PHO 30 | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | 54th | 14 | [27] | ||||
Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | PHO 27 | |||||||||||||||
2022 | 25 | PHO 15 | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | 58th | 29 | [28] | |||
2023 | 55 | PHO 22 | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | 35th | 55 | [29] | |||
25 | PHO 11 | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | PHO 9 | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | -* | -* | [30] |
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Carolina Pro Late Model Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | CPLMSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | DLP Motorsports | 80 | Chevy | DIL 6 | OCS 9 | HCY 7 | HCY 17 | HCY 4 | HCY 4 | HCY 3 | HCY 7 | FLC 4 | 4th | 697 | [13] |
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