Lindsay Brewer Shares the Thrill and Ability of Racing Lamborghinis
Lindsay Brewer is at present within the midst of the Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo North American season, the place she is loving life behind the wheel. Inspiringly, this mannequin driver and trailblazing feminine tells M&F that a lot of her current success is owed not simply to her expertise on the monitor, but in addition to her evolving health journey as nicely. In fact, we needed to seek out out extra about how Brewer developed a thrill for the race, and why she is constructing her physique higher for the trials of the highway, so we flagged her down for a chat.
Lindsay Brewer’s preliminary reminiscences of racing could be traced again to the tender age of three, when dad purchased her very first snow cellular. Rising up in Denver, CO, the younger upstart was launched to the fun of the race by weaving out and in of snowy mountains. “I completely cherished it,” she says. “I cherished going quick!”
Her need to drive continued and on the age of 11, she had a celebration at her native kart monitor in Arvada, CO. By 12, Brewer had already entered and gained her first race. “I knew what I cherished doing from such an early age and profitable was simply such an unimaginable second,” she displays.
Understandably then, the lifelong racer turns into ticked off when web trolls’ remark that her participation behind the wheel is all about elevating a platform for her modeling profession. “It’s so costly to race,” asserts Brewer. “If I needed a fast method to get into modelling, I’d do one thing that was quite a bit cheaper. Quite a lot of model offers that I make from social media — I reinvest in my very own racing profession.”
There’s little question that this athlete does all of it for the love of the game. “Driving automobiles is simply my ardour,” she beams. “I’m undoubtedly a thrill seeker, an adrenaline junkie, no matter you need to name it. I simply love doing issues which might be thrilling. I’m all the time looking for adrenaline, and I believe racing Lamborghini’s this 12 months undoubtedly fulfills that. And it’s such a fantastic automobile!”
Concerning the Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo
As a part of crew RAFA, Lindsay Brewer participates within the Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo collection, a one-make championship that solely consists of the Huracán Tremendous Trofeo Evo automobile. Three continents have their very own division (Europe, Asia, and North America) and every completes six-weeks of double races throughout weekends, in the end resulting in the Lamborghini World Championship.
The Huracán Tremendous Trofeo EV can speed up from 0-60mph in underneath 3 seconds, and reaches high velocity of over 175 mph. Now that’s what you name a supercar. And, in case you are questioning what it’s like to really get behind the wheel of one in every of these beasts, Brewer shares that the cockpit is roomier than among the earlier autos that she has pushed, resembling Indy, however she is anchored in place by a seat that’s moulded particularly to her particular person physique form, “In order that we don’t transfer round quite a bit once we’re driving,” she explains.
Nonetheless, the additional house doesn’t make the surroundings any cooler. “It’s undoubtedly quite a bit hotter when it comes to sports activities automobiles relative to open wheel racing, as a result of there’s no airflow,” says Brewer. As a result of Lamborghini racers are so immersed within the seat, they nonetheless really feel all of the vibrations. “You simply really feel extra related to the automobile,” she explains. In fact, racing is a full-body exercise and requires core power, however additionally it is a check of attrition. “I can lose as much as 4 kilos in a race and for me, that’s quite a bit,” shares the driving force. “And it’s all water weight, so it’s so necessary to remain hydrated within the two days prior a race. You need to constantly hydrate all through the week,” she explains. Not solely is that this race star detailed in her strategy to water prep, however she is turning into extra studious about figuring out, too.
Lindsay Brewer is Utilizing Weights to Develop Profitable Methods
Brewer says that she first began getting critical about gaining power in 2024 whereas competing in Indy NXT, as a result of the automobiles don’t have any energy steering. “It was extremely bodily simply so far as the calls for on my arm power,” she displays. The devoted driver provides that racing is a type of bodily endurance as a result of it includes holding onto her body weight for prolonged intervals of time in an effort to preserve posture and management of the automobile. To that finish, the wonder determined to get buffer by lifting weights, and extra particularly doing so with gradual lifts and negatives, benefiting from the muscle’s time underneath stress.
To copy the trials of the highway, Brewer likes to undertake full physique exercises within the health club however can be evolving her coaching to incorporate different disciplines resembling warmth coaching the place she workouts in a room with infrared know-how. “You do a mixture of cardio and weights within the room after which I additionally attempt to do Scorching Yoga,” she says. “It doesn’t should be heavy lifting, it has to simply be motion within the warmth, which is tremendous necessary.”
Nonetheless, Brewer tells M&F that she is loving her lifting periods too and likes to schedule three such exercises into her calendar every week. She additionally completes two-to-three Legree health lessons per week (just like Pilates, Legree makes use of a full physique stretch and exercise machine). For restoration, the racer likes to take scorching saunas in an effort to proceed the theme of turning into acclimatized to the warmth.
The laborious work is paying off, too. Alongside her RAFA companion Jem Hepworth, the crew earned a spot on the rostrum taking third within the current Sebring AM class. Brewer and Hepworth are additionally the one women within the North American Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo collection this season. All through her profession, Brewer has tried to depart each women and men within the mud each time the groupings have allowed it. “I all the time simply felt like I need to race in opposition to one of the best of one of the best,” concludes the trailblazer. Now that’s a journey we are able to all relate too.
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