Lindsay Brewer is presently within the midst of the Lamborghini Super 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 latest success is owed not simply to her expertise on the monitor, but additionally to her evolving health journey as effectively. In fact, we needed to seek out out extra about how Brewer developed a thrill for the race, and why she is constructing her body better for the rigors of the road, so we flagged her down for a chat.
Lindsay Brewer’s preliminary reminiscences of racing may be traced again to the tender age of three, when dad purchased her very first snow cell. 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 received 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 becomes ticked off when internet trolls’ comment 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 rather a lot cheaper. A whole 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 positively a thrill seeker, an adrenaline junkie, no matter you wish to name it. I simply love doing issues which can be thrilling. I’m at all times in search of adrenaline, and I feel racing Lamborghini’s this 12 months positively fulfills that. And it’s such a terrific automobile!”
Concerning the Lamborghini Tremendous Trofeo
As a part of group RAFA, Lindsay Brewer participates within the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series, a one-make championship that solely contains 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 Super Trofeo EV can speed up from 0-60mph in below 3 seconds, and reaches high pace of over 175 mph. Now that’s what you name a supercar. And, in case you are questioning what it’s like to truly get behind the wheel of considered one of these beasts, Brewer shares that the cockpit is roomier than a number of the earlier autos that she has pushed, equivalent to 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 rather a lot after we’re driving,” she explains.
Nonetheless, the additional house doesn’t make the setting any cooler. “It’s positively rather a lot 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 linked to the automobile,” she explains. In fact, racing is a full-body exercise and requires core power, however it’s also a take a look at of attrition. “I can lose as much as 4 kilos in a race and for me, that’s rather a lot,” shares the motive force. “And it’s all water weight, so it’s so essential to remain hydrated within the two days prior a race. You must persistently hydrate all through the week,” she explains. Not solely is that this race star detailed in her method to water prep, however she is changing into extra studious about figuring out, too.
Lindsay Brewer is Utilizing Weights to Develop Successful Methods
Brewer says that she first began getting severe about gaining power in 2024 whereas competing in Indy NXT, as a result of the automobiles haven’t 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 entails holding onto her body weight for prolonged durations of time in an effort to keep posture and management of the car. To that finish, the wonder determined to get buffer by lifting weights, and extra particularly doing so with sluggish lifts and negatives, benefiting from the muscle’s time below pressure.
To duplicate the pains of the highway, Brewer likes to undertake full physique exercises within the gymnasium however can be evolving her coaching to incorporate different disciplines equivalent to 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 Sizzling Yoga,” she says. “It doesn’t must be heavy lifting, it has to only be motion within the warmth, which is tremendous essential.”
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 (much like Pilates, Legree makes use of a full physique stretch and exercise machine). For restoration, the racer likes to take sizzling saunas in an effort to proceed the theme of changing into acclimatized to the warmth.
The onerous work is paying off, too. Alongside her RAFA associate Jem Hepworth, the team earned a place on the podium taking third within the latest 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 at all times simply felt like I wish to race towards the very best of the very best,” concludes the trailblazer. Now that’s a journey we are able to all relate too.
