Rising racing star Lindsay Brewer says she was criticized by female drivers over swimsuit social media posts

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Lindsay Brewer is one of the most popular race car drivers on social media, boasting more than 2.1 million followers on Instagram and over 629,000 on TikTok.

Brewer is currently racing in USF Pro Championships 2000 with a dream to eventually get to IndyCar. But even before she stepped onto the Indy track, she told The Daily Mail in an interview published Sunday that she’s already been hearing negativity from race car drivers about her social media activity.

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Lindsay Brewer attends 3rd Annual #REVOLVEawards at Goya Studios on Nov. 15, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Presley Ann/WireImage)

The 26-year-old driver said she reached out to other female professional drivers and was surprised to hear some of the advice they shared with her.

"I've talked to a few female drivers in the past who were older and I asked for advice.… and they were like, ‘Stop posting swimwear photos, this just makes women make look so bad in the industry,’" she told the outlet.

"If you're truly about feminism and women in the industry, you should allow them to be who they wanna be and not put them in that box. Like you should not say, ‘OK you can't wear makeup, you have to dress a certain way, you can't post certain things.’

"I think that's honestly anti-feminist."

Lindsay Brewer drives during Indy Pro 2000 practice on May 13, 2022, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course in Indiana. (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Brewer dismissed the notion she’s just an "influencer pretending to be a race car driver." She said