And this year I’ll have the chance to show my skill. It does bother me, but I think respect comes with results. No one would suspect a girl would be a race car driver, and even sometimes on track, it’s assumed that I must be a promo girl. Is it a challenge getting taken seriously in this male-dominated sport?īrewer: When I say that I’m a race car driver, people say “What?” No one believes me, especially when I’m off track.
Ryan ButlerĪF: Driver Samantha Tan said that unless she’s in her fire suit, no one assumes she’s a race car driver. But the more I post photos from racing, I think, the more my following is made up of people who care about my passion.īrewer with her custom-built Honda TC Type R. Some of that felt like it got washed away, and there’s some backlash from guys and commenters saying stuff like “she’s just another dumb blonde” or people saying I’m just trying to “gain clout” on social media. During high school I think I was known just as Lindsay Brewer who raced race cars. I raced long before I was considered an “Instagram model” or anything like that, and a lot of people may not have seen that side of me because of that break I took from racing. Some times from that you get derogatory comments, so, it’s a struggle there. Then I’d get reposted on Barstool and TFM, and a lot of men follow those. When I took time off racing to go to college at San Diego State, it was just a lot of pictures of me and my friends at the beach, being in college, and that’s, I guess, how my following started to amass.
Having Clubhouse as a main racing sponsor is helpful and I’m excited about that.ĪF: How did your social media following blow up? You have over a million Instagram followers, and you said the good comes with the bad.īrewer: Some of it was just organic. I’ve definitely focused on growing my social media presence and that has been helpful, because you can get your name out there and work with brands, and that’s been a big part of it. As a girl in racing, there’s good and bad that goes with that. It’s crazy how much (sponsorship) matters. My family has never been in motorsports and anyone who has ever been in motorsports knows how you have to find sponsorship, how expensive and political the sport can be. How did you build your repertoire and make it work?īrewer: Yeah. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic) FilmMagicĪF: Motorsports is very entrepreneurial, and sponsors are essential in order to race. Lindsay Brewer attends the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Bloodshot" on Main Los Angeles.
But then I took time off for college, a three-year break from full-time racing, and this is my first full year back. I started racing those my freshman year of college. They have a great program with instructors that teach you all about racing and cars.Įarly on, I did a lot of open-wheel testing and then went onto legend cars, these cool, funny little cars with a closed cockpit. And I’m actually working with Skip Barber now (professionally). The first thing I did when I got out of karting was go to the Skip Barber Racing School. Lindsay Brewer: The natural progression from karting is that a lot of us tend to go to open-wheel (racing). TC America’s 2020 season was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.Ī week ago, I spoke with Brewer at length via video call, and she talked about the upcoming season as well as her racing history and what inspires her.Īndy Frye: You had an impressive career karting, but obviously racing road cars is a different animal. Its seven 2021 races will take place at legendary venues that include Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen and Road America.
The TC America Series is the USA’s premier touring car racing series. Up to now, Brewer has trained with Skip Barber Racing School, an outfit that produced competitors such as Juan Pablo Montoya, Jeff Gordon and Danica Patrick. 29 Honda TC Type R, a custom built race car by Honda Performance Division (HPD), with sponsorship from Clubhouse Media and Skip Barber Racing. At Sonoma this weekend, she’ll drive the No.