Toni Breidinger

Antoinette Marie Breidinger (born July 14, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver and model. She competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage. She has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West.

Toni Breidinger
Breidinger at Daytona International Speedway in 2024
Born	Antoinette Marie Breidinger (1999-07-14) July 14, 1999 (age 25) San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
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. 5 (Tricon Garage)
2024 position	69th
Best finish	38th (2023)
First race	2023 Heart of America 200 (Kansas)
Last race	2024 Fresh From Florida 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
65 races run over 5 years
Best finish	4th (2024)
First race	2018 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Madison)
Last race	2024 Owens Corning 200 (Toledo)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 27 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
13 races run over 3 years
Best finish	11th (2024)
First race	2022 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa)
Last race	2024 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 5 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
6 races run over 4 years
Best finish	35th (2023)
First race	2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 8, 2024.

She formerly held the record for most United States Auto Club (USAC) wins for a female with 19 before Jessica Bean broke the record.^[2][3] Breidinger holds the record for the most top-tens of a female in any NASCAR series with 27 top-ten finishes^[4]

Racing career

Early career

Breidinger during the 2018 Cheesemakers 100.

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.^[5]

ARCA and NASCAR

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.^[6]

Breidinger returned to ARCA in 2021 on a part-time schedule for Young's Motorsports beginning at Daytona International Speedway.^[7] 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.^[7][8] 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.^[9]

Breidinger's 2024 NASCAR season kicked off with a 27th-place finish at Daytona International Speedway in the Truck Series^[10] and a 37th-place finish in the ARCA Menards series.^[11] Breidinger would finish fourth in the main ARCA Series points standings with eleven Top 10s. On November 26, Tricon Garage announced that Breidinger will drive the No. 5 truck full-time in 2025.^[12]

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^[13] (along with Natalie Decker, her 2018 teammate at Venturini). Breidinger was named to be among the top-50 finalists,^[14] 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.^[15]

In 2020, Breidinger competed in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series, for DLP Motorsports driving the No. 80 car. She placed 4th in points.^[16] In the 8 races in the series she placed 3 Top 5s, and 4 Top 10s.^[16]

Personal life

Breidinger is of Lebanese and German descent;^[17] 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.^[18] She has also done some modeling.^[5]

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 who was not from the NASCAR Cup Series to appear as a guest on the show.^[19]

On September 14, 2022, Breidinger announced on Instagram that she was hired to be a model for Victoria's Secret.^[20] In September 2023, Breidinger participated in Victoria's Secret 2023 Tour.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	23	24	25	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	[21]
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			69th	10	[22]
2025		5		DAY	ATL	LVS	HOM	MAR	BRI	CAR	TEX	KAN	NWS	CLT	NSH	MCH	POC	LRP	IRP	GLN	RCH	DAR	BRI	NHA	ROV	TAL	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(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
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	[23]
		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	[24]
	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	[25]
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	[26]
		25							BLN 5			IOW 5
		15																				SLM 4	TOL
2024		25		DAY 37	PHO 9	TAL 10	DOV 15	KAN 10	CLT 12	IOW 8	MOH 7	BLN 6	IRP 24	SLM 16	ELK 7	MCH 8	ISF 6	MLW 11	DSF 9	GLN 17	BRI 12	KAN 12	TOL 7	4th	837	[27]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
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	[28]
2023		55		FIF	DOV 7	NSV	FRS		IRP 9	MLW	BRI 12	14th	143	[29]
		25						IOW 5
2024				FIF	DOV 15	NSV		IOW 8	IRP 24	MLW 11	BRI 12	11th	190	[30]
		55					FRS 4

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
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	[31]
	Venturini Motorsports	55	Toyota									PHO 27
2022		25		PHO 15	IRW	KCR	PIR	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	AAS	LVS	PHO		58th	29	[32]
2023		55		PHO 22	IRW	KCR	PIR	SON	IRW	SHA	EVG	AAS	LVS	MAD		35th	55	[33]
		25													PHO 11
2024				PHO 9	KER	PIR	SON	IRW	IRW	SHA	TRI	MAD	AAS	KER	PHO	49th	35	[34]

Carolina Pro Late Model Series

(key)

Carolina Pro Late Model Series results
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	[16]

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External links

• Official website
• Official profile at Venturini Motorsports
• Toni Breidinger driver statistics at Racing-Reference