NASCAR's First Arab-American Female Pro ikupereka masewerawa mofunikira kwambiri

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Monga mwana wamkazi wa othawa kwawo ku Lebanon omwe adasamukira ku America kufunafuna moyo wabwino, Toni Breidinger si mlendo (mopanda mantha) akuphwanya malo atsopano. Kuphatikiza pa kukhala m'modzi mwa oyendetsa magalimoto aakazi opambana kwambiri mdziko muno, ali ndi zaka 21 zokha, adakhala katswiri wachikazi wachi Arab-America woyamba kuchita nawo mpikisano waukulu wa NASCAR mwezi watha wa February.

“[Amayi anga] ndiwo chilimbikitso changa chachikulu,” akufotokoza motero Breidinger. "Ngakhale zili zonse zomwe zidamuchitikira ali mwana, adagwira ntchito molimbika kuti asamukire ku America ndikudzipangira yekha moyo kunja kuno." (Zokhudzana: Wochita masewera olimbitsa thupi a World Champion Morgan Hurd ndiye Tanthauzo la Kutsimikiza ndi Kupirira)

Kupirira kumeneku kunathandiza kwambiri kuti Breidinger akhale ndi mtima wofuna kutchuka, akufotokoza - mkhalidwe wowonekera kuyambira ali mwana. Breidinger, yemwe adayamba kuyang'ana paukadaulo wazaka 9 zokha, adayamba kuthamanga mwachangu ali mwana ku tawuni yake ya Hillsborough, Calif. Adayamba mayendedwe achidule ndimagalimoto otseguka (pomwe mawilo amakhala kunja kwa galimoto body), amaliza maphunziro awo msanga pagalimoto zamagalimoto (pomwe mawilo amagwera m'thupi lagalimoto) panjira zothamanga. (Magalimoto ogulitsa ndi omwe mumawona m'mipikisano ya NASCAR, FYI.)

Kenako, ali ndi zaka 21 zokha, Breidinger adakwanitsa kuchita chimodzi mwazosangalatsa kwambiri pamasewera othamanga mdziko lonselo: otsegulira nyengo ya ARCA Menards Series ku Daytona International Speedway ku Florida.

"Daytona sanamve zenizeni," Breidinger akukumbukira, pozindikira kuti panali zofalitsa zambiri zofalitsa nkhani ndi zokopa zomwe zimazungulira mpikisanowu, zomwe zinamuwonjezera mitsempha yomwe ili kale. "Zinali zochitika za surreal."

Ngakhale Daytona anali pamavuto akulu, Breidinger adachita nawo mpikisano, ndikuyika oyendetsa 18 pa 34 oyendetsa. "Ndinkafuna kulowa [pamwamba] 20, zomwe tidachita." akufotokoza.

Kuyika kodabwitsa kumeneku kunatanthauzanso kuti Breidinger atha kupanga mbiri ngati woyendetsa woyamba wachikazi waku America ndi waku America kuti akapikisane nawo pamwambo wa NASCAR - zomwe zidabweretsa malingaliro osiyanasiyana kwa (wazaka) wazaka 22. "Zinali zabwino kukhala woyamba, koma sindikufuna kukhala womaliza," akuwonjezera Breidinger. (Zokhudzana: Mitundu Yokongola Yachiarabu Yomwe Ndi Yatsopano AF)

Breidinger akuyembekeza kuti kupikisana kwake pamasewera amwambo oyera, olamulidwa ndi amuna (okhala ndi mikangano yakale) zithandiza kusintha nkhope ya NASCAR. "Anthu akawona wina wonga iwo [akupikisana], zimathandiza kuti masewerawa apite patsogolo ndikukhala osiyanasiyana," akutero. "Muyenera kubweretsa chidziwitso kuti mukakamize kusintha."

Ngakhale amvetsetsa tanthauzo lomwe mbiri yake imabweretsa ku NASCAR, Breidinger sakufuna kuwonedwa ngati zosiyana nthawi ina chisoti chikugunda ndikulowa mgalimoto yake. "Sindikufuna kuchitiridwa mosiyana chifukwa ndine wamkazi," akutero.

Lingaliro lina lolakwika lozungulira kuthamanga komwe Breidinger akufuna kuswa? Luso ndi masewera othamanga amafunikira kuyendetsa galimoto (nthawi zina yotentha mopitirira muyeso) yoyenda liwiro lamphezi.

"Kuthamanga ndi kwakukulu," akutsindika. "Magalimoto ndi olemetsa, kotero mukufunikira cardio yabwino ndi mphamvu kuti muchite mofulumira. Ngati pali kugawanika-sekondi komwe simukukhudzidwa, ndiye kuti mukupita kukhoma kapena kuwonongeka."

Ponena za tsogolo la Breidinger pa mpikisano, zolinga zake ndi ziwiri. Choyamba, ali ndi chidwi ndi NASCAR Cup Series (mpikisano wapamwamba kwambiri wa ochita bwino, malinga ndi Breidinger).

Cholinga chachiwiri? Yendetsani ngakhale Zambiri kusiyanasiyana pamasewera ake. "NASCAR ikusintha kwambiri," akufotokoza Breidinger."Ngati ndingathe kuthandizira kulimbikitsa aliyense, kapena kuwathandiza kudutsa m'magulu a NASCAR, ndikufuna kuthandiza. Ndikufuna kuti anthu adziwe kuti akazi amatha kulamulira masewerawa ndikuchita bwino."

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