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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. Annie also got the racing bug and drove USAC Silver Crown cars. Their dad was once a mechanic for their uncle and now wrenched the girls' multiple cars. Breidinger is of Lebanese and German descent; her family lives in Hillsborough, California. She has also done some modeling. From 2014-16 she ran in the USAC Speed2 Western Pavement Midget Series and was the 2016 series champion. 2017 was a summer of transition for the 17-year-old sisters. Toni moved to try her luck in paved Late Models; while Annie left racing to study engineering at Purdue. While in college, Annie didn't completely step away from the race car. By studying engineering, she would connect her classes to her passion on the track, and she would still race a couple times a month. When the twins are competing against each other, they

run into the same predicament that a lot of other racing families face. How hard do you race the girl that you'll be sharing a ride home with? Toni is a USAC Western Midget pavement Champion and has compiled 19 wins. In 2017, she ran various Late model races throughout the state of California as a teammate to Hailie Deegan. She made three starts in the ARCA Series in 2018 with Venturini Motorsports, scoring a best finish of 10th in her debut at Madison International Speedway in Oregon, Wisconsin. All three of her starts that year saw her post finishes in the Top 20. 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. Also in 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 was competitive, and in nine races finished inside the top ten on eight occasions. He posted four top five finishes with a best finish of third at Hickory Motor Speedway. She placed 4th in points. In the eight races in the series she placed three Top 5s, and four Top

10s. She ran part time in ARCA starting in 2021 driving for Young Motorsports; making nine starts. She had a best finish of ninth on two occasions. The team also announced that Breidinger would run a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series that year, driving the #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. 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 four main ARCA Menards Series races along with the West Series season-finale at Phoenix. 2022 saw her back with Venturini Motorsports for a full season run. She kicked the

season off with a good run at Daytona finishing ninth. She also finished ninth at Berlin Raceway and at Kansas. Her best finish of the season came at Salem Speedway in Indiana where she finished eighth. For the year she had a successful run as she had four Top 10 finishes; and was always right around that tenth place area. For the year she had 13 finishes of 13th or better in 20 starts. In 2023, Toni ran part time in the ARCA Series; still wheeling the Venturini machine. The season started off rough with two finishes outside the top 20; but she improved greatly as her worst finish the rest of the season was 12th. In all she had seven top ten finishes and four times she brough home the

car inside the top five. She posted her best finish at Kansas Speedway where she finished third. 2023 also saw her make her first venture into the NASCAR ranks. She made three starts in the Truck Series. In her first start she finished 15th driving for TRICON Garage owned by David Gilliland. She also posted a top 20 results at Nashville; bringing her truck home 17th. It is anticipated Toni will continue to run races in the ARCA Series and NASCAR Truck series in 2024. Some info from Wikipedia

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ANTOINETTE MARIE "TONI" BREIDINGER - 07/14/1999