Sports Illustrated releases stunning preview of NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger Swimsuit Issue debut

This Spring, Toni Breidinger will make her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue as one of the featured athletes for 2025. Breidinger is embarking on her rookie season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series after a couple of seasons primarily in ARCA.

Of course, Toni Breidinger isn’t just a race car driver. On top of being a professional athlete, Breidinger has a modeling career. Working with Victoria’s Secret, she had the brand as a sponsor during her Truck Series debut.

Ahead of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit release, SI shared a preview of Breidinger’s photoshoot.

Toni Breidinger traded the racetrack for the beach and absolutely owned her SI Swimsuit debut. pic.twitter.com/iWpofUwfwy

— Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) February 20, 2025

At Daytona to open the season, Toni Breidinger did not have the race she wanted. A couple of spins out of Turn 4 ended up costing her majorly in the end. While she finished the race, she was P28 with damage to her truck.

To her credit, after spinning the first time and saving her car from major damage, Breidinger drove back into the top-10. Those Tricon Garage trucks have plenty of speed in them. That second incident was just too much for that truck to handle and maintain competitive speed.

With almost 5 million followers between Instagram and TikTok, Breidinger also has a career as an influencer. All of those things go into what makes Breidinger one of the most interesting prospects from a talent and marketing perspective.

Toni Breidinger expects to face challenges in 2025

Things aren’t all checkered flags and pink carpets for Toni Breidinger. She understands that racing is a serious sport that requires a lot of preparation and toughness. This season, she is ready to learn and ready to face challenges.

“I know I’m going to be facing challenges and I know I’m going to have to adapt to situations very quickly and learn a lot on the fly,” Breidinger said in an interview with 5GOATs last year. “So, I think for me, just being resilient, being a sponge, soaking everything up, and hopefully, [I can] get Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.”

Toni Breidinger is going to race for Rookie of the Year against five other drivers this season. Giovanni Ruggiero took the early lead at Daytona. Ruggiero is Breidinger’s Tricon teammate. Other names include Frankie Muniz, Andres Perez de Lara, Connor Mosack, and Dawson Sutton.

This season has already thrown a couple of challenges Toni Breidinger’s way. As she has other exciting projects coming out soon, the long NASCAR season will continue.