TRICON has signed a driver to drive its No. 5 truck in 2025, nevertheless it’s in all probability not who you anticipated.
On Tuesday, the group introduced that Toni Breidinger will pilot the No. 5 Toyota Tundra in 2025, operating for Rookie of the Yr honors within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence.
The signing comes after TRICON signed each Corey Heim and Tanner Grey for its 2025 lineup and was but to re-sign Dean Thompson, who drove the No. 5 in 2024.
Breidinger has made 4 earlier Truck Sequence begins for TRICON — three in 2023 and one in 2024 — with a finest end of fifteenth at Kansas in Might 2023.
In 2024, Breidinger ran the total ARCA Menards Sequence schedule for the second time in her profession, totaling 11 top-10 finishes en path to a career-best factors end of fourth. Breidinger additionally ran the whole thing of the ARCA schedule in 2022, ending sixth in factors. She completed ninth in factors in 2023 regardless of solely operating 13 of the sequence’ 20 races.
Whereas Breidinger is but to win on a nationwide degree of NASCAR competitors, her capacity to draw sponsors — an asset that is extra necessary than ever for drivers in NASCAR’s trendy period — and convey house clear race vehicles make her a viable choice for a full-time alternative.
Breidinger can have two glorious teammates, Heim and Grey, to lean on and be taught from. Heim is coming off a six-win marketing campaign and his second consecutive Championship 4 look in 2024, whereas Grey is coming into his sixth season of full-time Truck Sequence competitors.
Breidinger will make her first begin as a full-time Truck Sequence driver within the season opener at Daytona on Feb. 14.
