F1Weekly Podcast # 986
Play Podcast: 04-04-23f1weekly986.mp3
NASIR AND THE HOST ARE STILL IN A STATE OF DISBIELIEF AFTER THE “LE NASCAR” STYLE THE GOVERNING BODY HAS DECIDED TO USE ! MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL WILL IMPRESS AS ALWAYS AND THIS WEEKS SPECIAL INTERVIEW IS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED RACE CAR DRIVER…LINDSAY BREWER! BONUS VETTEL FROM 2007 IN THE BREAK.
Lindsay, who also models, took a break from racing to go to college at San Diego State — a requirement from her parents — but was able to jump back into the scene and score her first sponsorship, the lifeblood of racing, after she graduated in 2019.
“There were a lot of sacrifices — I had to miss prom, I was homeschooled my senior year and I had to travel almost every weekend,” she says. “But I’m happy it paid off.”
Brewer is now on the second of four levels on the Road to Indy series, and racing heavy road cars that can get up to 180 mph. That alone was a major hurdle that left her “really struggling,” she says, and at a disadvantage due to her small stature. The cars have so much horsepower and there’s no power steering. They’re super physical.”
But rather than get frustrated, Brewer went straight to the weight room. “If I have to go to the gym twice a day, I will,” she says. “I will do everything in my power to get stronger.”
She also knows it’s possible, because she has Danica Patrick to look up to for inspiration.
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“We’re around the same body build, and if Danica could do it, why can’t I?” she says. Part of her drive to succeed, Brewer says, comes from how she feels behind the wheel.
“I’m a different person,” she says. “I’m super nice off the track, and then as soon as I put my helmet on I’m much more aggressive and different than what people would assume.”
Brewer “always wanted to go fast,” she says. As a kid growing up in the outdoor playland of Arvada, Colo., a suburb just outside Denver, her family was always snowmobiling, four-wheeling and jet skiing.
And Brewer is making herself known this year. After finding a new sponsor in C4 Energy, she finished in the top 10 during her first-ever street race in July, and pulled off a 13th-place finish at her first oval race in St. Louis.
“It’s been cool to push myself,” Brewer says.
Her “dream” is to continue moving through the ranks and make it to the pinnacle of the sport, the Indianapolis 500. Only 11 women have ever qualified, but Brewer is determined.
“I know I can do anything that these guys can do,” she says. “I know I’m quicker. I know I can do it.”
By Julie Mazziotta