I-NASCAR's First Arab-American Female Pro inikeza Umdlalo Ushintsho Oludingeka Kakhulu

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Njengendodakazi yombaleki wempi yaseLebanon owathuthela eMelika eyofuna impilo engcono, u-Toni Breidinger akayena umuntu ongaziwa ukuthi (ngokungesabi) aphule umhlabathi omusha. Ngaphezu kokuba ngomunye wabashayeli bezimoto zomjaho abawinile kuleli zwe, eneminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, waba ngowesifazane wesifazane wokuqala wase-Arab-American ukuncintisana emjahweni omkhulu we-NASCAR kulo nyaka owedlule kaFebhuwari.

"[Umama] ungikhuthaza kakhulu," kuchaza uBreidinger. "Phezu kwakho konke okwamehlela ebuntwaneni bakhe, wasebenza kanzima ukuthuthela eMelika wazakhela eyakhe impilo lapha ngaphandle." (Okuhlobene: Umpetha Womhlaba Wemidlalo Gymnast Morgan Hurd yincazelo Yokuzimisela Nokuqina)

Lokho kubekezela kwaba neqhaza elikhulu ekulolongeni imvelo kaBreidinger yokufuna ukuvelela, uyachaza - isici esabonakala kusukela esemncane. UBreidinger, owaqala ukulangazelela ukuba ngumpetha eneminyaka engu-9 kuphela ubudala, waqala ukugijima ngokuncintisana esanda kweva eshumini nambili edolobheni lakubo e-Hillsborough, e-Calif. Waqala amathrekhi amafushane ngezimoto ezinamasondo avulekile (lapho amasondo elele ngaphandle kwemoto. body), ngokushesha waphothula ezimotweni zesitoko (lapho amasondo ewela khona ngaphakathi komzimba wemoto) kumathrekhi omjaho wendawo. (Izimoto zesitoko yilokho ovame ukukubona emijahweni yochwepheshe ye-NASCAR, FYI.)

Kwathi, eneminyaka engu-21 nje ubudala, uBreidinger wafanelekela omunye wemicimbi efiseleka kakhulu yompetha bemijaho ezweni lonke: i-ARCA Menards Series yokuvula isizini e-Daytona International Speedway eFlorida.

“U-Daytona akazange azizwe engokoqobo,” kukhumbula u-Breidinger, ephawula ukuthi kwakunenani elikhulu lezindaba ezisakazwayo kwabezindaba kanye nentshiseko ezungeze lo mjaho, izici ezanezela emizwa yakhe esevele iphakeme. "Kwakuwukuhlangenwe nakho kwe-surreal."

Ngaphandle kwesimo esinengcindezi ephezulu u-Daytona, uBreidinger wakhombisa ukuncintisana, ebeka indawo ye-18 kubashayeli abangama-34. "Bengifuna ukungena kwabangu-20 abaphezulu, okuyinto esiyenzile." Uyachaza.

Lokho kubekwa okumangazayo kwakusho nokuthi uBreidinger uzokwenza umlando njengomshayeli wesifazane wokuqala wase-Arab-American ukuncintisana emcimbini we-NASCAR - iqiniso eliveze imizwa exubile (manje) oneminyaka engama-22. "Bekumnandi ukuba ngowokuqala, kodwa angifuni ukuba owokugcina," kwengeza uBreidinger. (Okuhlobene: Izinhlobo Zobuhle Ezingumnikazi Wama-Arabhu Ezingama-Innovative AF)

UBreidinger unethemba lokuthi ukuncintisana kwakhe nomdlalo wesintu omhlophe, ophethwe ngabesilisa (onomlando odala impikiswano) kuzosiza ekushintsheni ubuso beNASCAR. "Uma abantu bebona umuntu onjengaye [encintisana], kusiza ezemidlalo ukuthi ziqhubeke futhi zibe nokuhlukahluka okuningi," esho. "Kumele ulethe ukuqwashisa ukuze uphoqelele ushintsho."

Ngaphandle kokuqonda ukubaluleka okulethwa yisizinda sakhe kwi-NASCAR, uBreidinger akafuni ukubonwa njengaye ezahlukene lapho isigqoko sokuzivikela sishelela bese engena emotweni yakhe. “Angifuni ukuphathwa ngokwehlukile ngoba ngingowesifazane,” kuphawula yena.

Omunye umqondo ongaqondile ophathelene nomjaho uBreidinger azimisele ukuwuphula? Ikhono nokudlalisa okudingekayo ukuhambisa imoto (kwesinye isikhathi eshisayo engabekezeleleki) ehamba ngesivinini esisheshayo sombani.

“Umjaho ushubile,” kugcizelela yena. "Izimoto zinzima, ngakho udinga i-cardio enhle namandla ukuze usabele ngokushesha. Uma kukhona i-split-second lapho ungagxilile khona, lokho kuzoba ukuthi ungena odongeni noma uphahlazeka."

Ngokuqondene nekusasa likaBreidinger emjahweni, izinhloso zakhe ziphindwe kabili. Okokuqala, ubhekise izinto zakhe kuNASCAR Cup Series (umcimbi osezingeni eliphezulu wokuncintisana ngobuhle, ngokusho kukaBreidinger).

Umgomo wesibili? Shayela ngisho Okuningi ukwehluka kwezemidlalo yakhe. "I-NASCAR ishintsha kakhulu," kuchaza uBreidinger."Uma ngingasiza ukukhuthaza noma ubani, noma ngibasize badlule ku-NASCAR, ngifuna ukusiza. Ngifuna abantu bazi ukuthi abesifazane bangakwazi ukubusa kulo mdlalo futhi benze kahle."

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