Toni Breidinger is one of the most promising female talents in the NASCAR garage. She races for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Mendes Series full-time in 2024 and also has part-time Truck and Xfinity Series scheduled for this season.
Breidinger is more than just a racer, she is the face of NASCAR on Instagram with over two million followers. She is miles ahead in this metric as Hailie Deegan at second only has one million followers. Breidinger is also a Victoria’s Secret model and has raced a Truck sponsored by the legacy clothing brand.
This has given her many monikers among the fans and one of them was the NasKardashian nickname. It’s an amalgamation of NASCAR and Kim Kardashian’s names. Kardashian is one of the biggest influencers and a fashion industry elite in the world. Breidinger has recently responded to this new name she got.
She took it to X to share the message that despite a few having negative intentions she likes being called this name. She wrote on X, “lol someone called me a NasKardashian – but joke is on them. I take that as a compliment.” It would be interesting to see how much Breidinger can grow as an influencer on social media.
Toni Breidinger’s team won a diversity award
Venturini Motorsports is historically known for its inclusivity ventures. They have been successful in it since the 1980s when an all-female pit crew helped them win a driver’s championship in the ARCA series.
Over the recent years, they made it a mission to give opportunity and develop individuals from different cultural backgrounds and it has been the base of their success. NASCAR has honored the teams for their success by giving them the 2024 NASCAR Drive for Diversity award.
My goal was to put together the best people I could put together on my race team. I just wasn’t going to exclude anyone if they came from a different background. They didn’t have to be a bunch of white guys. Owner Billy Venturini said about the award win.
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