Hāʻawi ʻo NASCAR's First Arab-American Woman Pro i ka haʻuki i kahi makeover e pono ai

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ʻOiai ke kaikamahine a kahi mea pakele kaua Lebanona i neʻe aku i ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei i kahi ola ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole malihini ʻo Toni Breidinger i (ka wiwo ʻole) e wāwahi i kahi ʻāina hou. Ma waho aʻe o kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa heihei wahine lanakila loa i ka ʻāina, i ka makahiki 21 wale nō, ua lilo ʻo ia i wahine wahine wahine ʻAlapia-ʻAmelika mua e hoʻokūkū i ka heihei NASCAR nui i kēia Pepeluali i hala.

"[ʻO koʻu makuahine] kaʻu mea hoʻouluulu nui loa," e wehewehe ana ʻo Breidinger. "ʻOiai nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā ia i kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hana ikaika ʻo ia e neʻe i ʻAmelika a hana i kona ola ponoʻī ma ʻaneʻi." (E pili ana: World Champion Gymnast Morgan Hurd ʻo ia ka wehewehe ʻana o ka hoʻoholo a me ke kūpaʻa)

ʻO kēlā ahonui ka hana nui i ke ʻano o ke ʻano pīhoihoi o Breidinger, wehewehe ʻo ia - kahi ʻano i ʻike ʻia mai ka wā ʻōpio. ʻO Breidinger, ka mea i kau mua i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona i ka hele ʻana i 9 mau makahiki wale nō, hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū i kona wā ʻōpio ʻōpio i kona kauhale o Hillsborough, Calif. kino), e hele wikiwiki ana i nā kaʻa kūʻai (kahi e hāʻule ai nā huila i loko o ke kino o ke kaʻa) ma nā ala heihei kūloko. (ʻO nā kaʻa ʻōhua ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma nā heihei ʻo NASCAR ʻoihana, FYI.)

A laila, i ka makahiki 21 wale nō, ua kūpono ʻo Breidinger no kekahi o nā hanana i makemake nui ʻia no ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū a puni ka ʻāina: ʻo ka ARCA Menards Series ka wehe ʻana i ka manawa ma Daytona International Speedway ma Florida.

"ʻAʻole i manaʻo maoli ʻo Daytona," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Breidinger, me ka ʻike ʻana he nui ka nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka pāpaho a me ke aloha e hoʻopuni ana i ka heihei, nā mea i hoʻohui i kāna mau aʻalolo kiʻekiʻe. "He hana ʻino ia."

ʻOiai ke kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻo Daytona, ua hōʻike ʻo Breidinger e hoʻokūkū, e kau ana i ka 18th mai 34 mau mea hoʻokele. "Makemake au e komo i ka 20 kiʻekiʻe, a mākou i hana ai." wehewehe ʻo ia.

ʻO kēlā hoʻonohonoho hoʻonani i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻo Breidinger i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele wahine Arab-ʻAmelika mua loa e hoʻokūkū i kahi hanana NASCAR - kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo i hoʻopuka i nā manaʻo like ʻole no ka (i kēia manawa) 22 makahiki. "Maikaʻi ka lilo ʻana i ka mea mua, akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e lilo i hope," wahi a Breidinger. (E pili pū ana: ʻO nā ʻano nani o nā Arab-Owned Beauty AF)

Manaʻo ʻo Breidinger ʻo kona hoʻokūkū ʻana i kahi haʻuki keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, kane i hoʻomalu ʻia e ke kāne (me kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa i hala) e kōkua i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka helehelena o NASCAR. "Ke ʻike ka poʻe i kekahi e like me lākou [hoʻokūkū], kōkua ia i ka holomua o ka haʻuki a nui aʻe ka like ʻole," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Pono ʻoe e lawe i ka ʻike e hoʻoikaika i ka loli."

Me ka maopopo ʻole i ke koʻikoʻi a kāna kumu i lawe mai ai iā NASCAR, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Breidinger e ʻike ʻia ʻokoʻa i ka wā e paheʻe ai ka mahiole a komo ʻo ia i loko o kāna kaʻa. "ʻAʻole wau makemake e mālama ʻia ʻo ia no ka mea he wahine wau," wahi āna.

ʻO kekahi kuhi hewa e pili ana i ka heihei e piʻo ʻo Breidinger i ka haki? ʻO ka mākau a me ka haʻuki koi ʻia e hoʻokele i kahi kaʻa (i kekahi manawa wela wela) e neʻe ana i nā wikiwiki wikiwiki.

"He ikaika ka heihei," wahi āna. "Kaumaha nā kaʻa, no laila pono ʻoe i ka cardio maikaʻi a me ka ikaika e pane wikiwiki. Inā he kekona kekona kahi āu e hele ʻole ai, ʻo ia ke hele i kahi paia a wāwahi paha."

No ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Breidinger i ka heihei, he mau pālua kāna mau pahuhopu. ʻO ka mea mua, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kāna mau maka i ka NASCAR Cup Series (ʻo ka hanana heihei pae kiʻekiʻe loa no nā pros, e like me Breidinger).

ʻO ka pahuhopu ʻelua? E kalaiwa like hou aku ʻokoʻa i kāna haʻuki. "Ke loli nui nei ʻo NASCAR," wehewehe ʻo Breidinger."Inā hiki iaʻu ke kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kekahi, a i ʻole e kōkua iā lākou e hele i nā pae o NASCAR, makemake wau e kōkua. Makemake wau e ʻike nā poʻe e hiki i nā wahine ke lanakila ma kēia haʻuki a hana maikaʻi. "

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