I-NASCAR yokuqala ye-Arab-American Female Pro inika iMidlalo iMakeover efunekayo kakhulu

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Njengentombi yombaleki wemfazwe waseLebhanon owafudukela eMelika eyokukhangela ubomi obungcono, uToni Breidinger akangomntu ungaqhelekanga (ngaphandle koloyiko) owaphula umhlaba omtsha. Ukongeza ekubeni ngomnye wabaqhubi beemoto zabafazi abaphumeleleyo kweli lizwe, eneminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, waba ngumfazi wokuqala wase-Arab-American ukuba akhuphisane kukhuphiswano olukhulu lwe-NASCAR kule nyanga iphelileyo kaFebruwari.

"[Umama wam] yeyona mpembelelo yam inkulu," ucacisa uBreidinger. "Ngaphandle kwayo yonke into eyenzeka kuye ebuntwaneni bakhe, usebenze nzima ukuya eMelika kwaye adale ubomi bakhe apha." (Idibeneyo: I-World Champion Gymnast uMorgan Hurd yiNkcazo yokuQiniseka nokuQiniseka)

Oko kuzingisa kudlale indima ephambili ekubumbeni indalo kaBreidinger yamabhongo ngokukodwa, uyacacisa - uphawu olwabonakala kwasebuntwaneni. U-Breidinger, owaqala ukubeka amehlo akhe ekungeneni kwi-pro eneminyaka eli-9 kuphela ubudala, waqala ukubaleka ngokhuphiswano ekwishumi elivisayo kwidolophu yakowabo i-Hillsborough, eCalif. umzimba), ngokukhawuleza uphumelele kwiimoto zesitokhwe (apho amavili awela ngaphakathi komzimba wemoto) kwiingoma zomdyarho wendawo. (Iimoto zesitokhwe yile nto uyibonayo kwimidyarho ye-NASCAR, FYI.)

Emva koko, eneminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, uBreidinger ulungele esinye seziganeko ezinqwenelekayo zokubaleka kwilizwe liphela: i-ARCA Menards Series yokuvula isizini e-Daytona International Speedway eFlorida.

"U-Daytona khange azive eyinyani," ukhumbula uBreidinger, eqaphela ukuba kukho inani elibalulekileyo losasazo lweendaba kunye nomdlalo ojikeleze ugqatso, izinto ezongeze kwimithambo-luvo yakhe esele ikhulile. "Ibingamava e-surreal."

Nangona yintoni imeko ephezulu yoxinzelelo lwe-Daytona, uBreidinger wabonisa ukukhuphisana, ebeka i-18 kwi-34 abaqhubi. "Bendifuna ukungena kuma- 20 aphezulu, nto leyo esiyenzileyo." Ucacisa.

Ukubekwa okumangalisayo kwakuthetha ukuba uBreidinger uza kwenza imbali njengomqhubi wokuqala ongum-Arabhu waseMelika okhuphisana kumnyhadala we-NASCAR-inyani evelise iimvakalelo ezixubileyo (ngoku) eneminyaka engama-22. “Kwakupholile ukuba ngowokuqala, kodwa andifuni ukuba ngowokugqibela,” wongeza uBreidinger. (Idibeneyo: Iimpawu ze-Beauty-Owned Beauty Brands ezi-Innovative AF)

UBreidinger unethemba lokuba ukukhuphisana kwakhe kumdlalo omhlophe, olawulwa ngamadoda (kunye nexesha elidlulileyo eliphikisanayo) kuya kunceda ukutshintsha ubuso beNASCAR. “Xa abantu bebona umntu ofana nabo [ekhuphisana], oko kuyanceda ukuba imidlalo iqhubele phambili kwaye ibe nokwahluka okukhulu,” utshilo. "Kufuneka uzise ulwazi ukunyanzela utshintsho."

Ngaphandle kokuqonda ukubaluleka kokuba imvelaphi yakhe izisa kwi-NASCAR, uBreidinger akafuni ukubonwa njengomntu. ezahlukeneyo Nje ukuba umnqwazi utyibilike aze angene emotweni yakhe. “Andifuni ukuphathwa ngokwahlukileyo kuba ndingumfazi,” utshilo.

Enye into engeyiyo malunga nomdyarho wokuba uBreidinger uzimisele ukwaphula? Isakhono kunye nemidlalo yeembaleki efunekayo ukuqhuba (ngamanye amaxesha kushushu ngokunganyamezelekiyo) isithuthi esihamba ngesantya esikhawulezayo sombane.

"Umdyarho unamandla," uyacacisa. "Iimoto zinzima, ngoko ufuna i-cardio efanelekileyo kunye namandla okuphendula ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba kukho i-split-second apho ungagxininisi khona, oko kuya kuba ungena eludongeni okanye ukuphazamisa."

Ngokubhekisele kwikamva likaBreidinger kukhuphiswano, iinjongo zakhe ziphindwe kabini. Kuqala, izinto azibonileyo zibekwe kuluhlu lweNdebe ye-NASCAR (umsitho wokubaleka wenqanaba eliphezulu wezinto ezilungileyo, ngokukaBreidinger).

Injongo yesibini? Qhuba nkqu Kaninzi iyantlukwano kwimidlalo yakhe. "I-NASCAR iyatshintsha kakhulu," ucacisa uBreidinger."Ukuba ndinganceda ekukhuthazeni nabani na, okanye ndibancede bahambe ngokwamanqanaba e-NASCAR, ndifuna ukunceda. Ndifuna abantu bazi ukuba abantu basetyhini banokulawula kulo mdlalo kwaye benze kakuhle."

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