TONI BREIDINGER Sets Record Straight on Racing vs Modeling Career Priority

September 20, 2025

by Jerry Bonkowski // from thesportsrush.com

• TONI BREIDINGER fires back at assumptions about her priorities, making it crystal clear she’s a racer first who happens to model – not the other way around. The 26-year-old San Francisco native has been grinding since age nine and earned her NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ride the hard way through a fourth-place ARCA finish. When people on modeling sets want to talk racing, she knows exactly where she stands.
• Her rookie Truck Series season has been a reality check, with a best finish of 18th at Rockingham and the rest coming in 20th or worse through 20 races. But here’s what we respect – BREIDINGER isn’t making excuses or sugar-coating the struggle. She’s living the truth that breaking barriers often means taking your lumps while proving you belong.
• Growing up with twin sister Annie racing alongside her and a female mechanic created a protective bubble that delayed her realization of motorsports’ gender dynamics until her mid-teens. While Danica Patrick inspired her early career, BREIDINGER had to navigate most of her path without female mentorship – a gap that shows exactly why representation matters for the next generation of racers.

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