Tricon Garage announced Tuesday that Toni Breidinger will pilot the No. 5 Toyota full-time for the 2025 Craftsman Truck Series season.
It will mark the rookie season for the 25-year-old driver in the Truck Series, who has made select starts with Tricon over the last two years with a best finish of 15th in 2023 at Kansas Speedway.
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“Racing full-time with Tricon is a dream for me,” Breidinger said in a statement. “It‘s been a 15-year process to get here, but I‘m so excited for this moment and ready to capitalize on it.”
Breidinger also made 65 starts in the ARCA Menards Series, scoring four top fives in 2023 and finishing fourth in the 2024 standings after tallying 11 top-10 results.
Breidinger will have backing from partners Raising Cane‘s, Celsius and Sunoco.
In the Drive for Diversity Awards ceremony for 2021, Breidinger was recognized with the Developmental Series Driver Award as the first Arab-American woman to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned event.
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Her historic journey in racing received TV coverage on TODAY, Good Morning America and the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Along with racing, she has appeared in modeling campaigns for brands like Gap, Victoria‘s Secret and Free People. Recently, Breidinger became the first NASCAR driver to appear in Sports Illustrated‘s swimsuit issue.
The 2025 Craftsman Truck Series season kicks off on Feb. 14 at Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR Wire Service contributed to this report.