Toni Breidinger’s Truck Series Debut in Jeopardy After Massive Pile Up With Tricon Teammate at Daytona

Just like that, the bland off-season is over, with NASCAR competitions firing on all cylinders. While the NASCAR nation is all hyped up with the Daytona extravaganza following the exhilarating duel action, the organization’s third-ranking division of the feeder system is also promising a thriller with Truck Series debutant Toni Breidinger losing her way in the fray.

The ARCA sensation was riding the hype train, heading to Daytona, and promising fans a blitz. However, in an unfortunate turn of events, her Truck Series debut fell well off the chart as an implosion with her teammate squashed her dreams, dropping her from the middle of the pack towards the tail end.

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Making her Truck Series debut in the #1 Toyota Tundra was driver turned influencer, Toni Breidinger. Riding the hype train was the 24-year-old sensation, coming off a stellar ARCA campaign and eyeing a decisive one in her part-time commitment with the Toyota stable. And to be fair, the lady driver was actually doing great, riding up to the 14th spot in what looked like a stellar run until a late tangle with her teammate Dean Thompson in lap 86 got the youngster away from the goal.

Tony Breidinger and Dean Thompson got into each other after Mason Massey slowed down in the front, ending both of the driver’s Daytona dreams with a sour aftertaste. As reports come in, Massey had sparks flying from his truck after Dean Thompson tried to push him, but that didn’t work, and eventually he got spun around with teammate Toni Breidinger, bringing out the 10th caution of the race. And as if that wasn’t enough, adding to her misery even further, her ARCA race at Daytona ended in a similar fashion. Breidinger was again betrayed by her own teammate, but this time it was Gus Dean. While she did not say anything much after the Truck Series exit, Breidinger didn’t hold herself back after the same thing happened to her in ARCA.

Breidinger vents out her frustration at the Venturini Motorsports teammate at Daytona

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Returning to the garage, ARCA sensation and one of the most popular drivers in the promotion, Toni Breidinger had high hopes for her ARCA race following a bad day at Truck Series, until an early deliberate “unnecessary” move by her teammate, Gus Dean sealed the deal for the 24-year-old. Following the disappointment, the lady driver stated the obvious, calling out Dean.

She had bold words for the ARCA Series Daytona race winner, saying, “I’m trying to be nice and so #55 is my teammate, but definitely is disappointing. It’s so early on in the race, really unnecessary move. Even later in the race, that would have been a bad move. I mean, you’re not clear, not clear. It’s unfortunate he has a lack of respect for his teammates and other people in the track that work really hard to get here when his dad is running the track. So I think that just has to do with his lack of respect.” 

She added more ammunition to her criticism in her post-race interview. “It started off amazing, my teammate #20 car did a good job qualifying together. It’s just disappointing that #55 had to just kind of ruin that for all of us,” said the driver. Now with one down can the Toyota drivers settle their differences and work together for a better tomorrow? Only time will tell.

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