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Billy Venturini

William "Billy" Venturini (born April 7, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently co-owns Venturini Motorsports, a racing team that competes in the ARCA Menards Series, along with his father, Bill. As a driver, he competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He previously competed in the series either full-time or part-time from 1994 through 2007, mainly driving for the same team.

Billy Venturini
Venturini at Madison International Speedway in 2018
BornWilliam Venturini
(1976-04-07) April 7, 1976 (age 48)
Chicago, Illinois
ARCA Menards Series career
161 races run over 14 years
Best finish3rd (2006)
First race1994 Louisville 250 (Louisville)
Last race2007 ARCA Re/Max 250 (Talladega)
First win2006 Kentuckiana Ford Dealers ARCA 200 (Salem)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 75 1
ARCA Menards Series East career
1 race run over 1 year
ARCA East no., teamNo. 25 (Venturini Motorsports)
First race2023 Dutch Boy 150 (Flat Rock)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of May 20, 2023.

Racing career

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ARCA

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Venturini made his ARCA Series debut at Louisville Motor Speedway in 1994, when he was only 18-years old. His race would end early after oil pressure issues on lap 41. He ran four more races that year, earning his first top five at Toledo Speedway in September. He drove a race for Bill Egbert in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway, finishing 32nd due to a driveshaft issue. In 1997, he joined Ed Rensi Racing to run a nine-race schedule, earning his best finish of 5th at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He returned next season, earning a top ten at Daytona. He returned to his family team, and continued running part-time in the series from 1999 through 2001. In 2002, he ran for the full season, earning one top five and nine top tens, finishing 6th in the final standings. He would respectively finish inside the top five in point standings for the next two years, along with earning a pole at Lake Erie Speedway in 2003. He went back to a part-time schedule in 2005, before returning full-time in 2006. He would capture his only win that year at Salem Speedway, after dominating the race by leading 95 laps. He would finish a career best 3rd in points. 2007 would end up being his final year as a driver. He ran eight races that year, earning a top five at Talladega Superspeedway, which would also be his final race. After the 2007 season, Venturini decided to retire as a driver, and focus on operating his racing team with his father. On May 6, 2023, during an interview with motorsport news website Frontstretch, Venturini revealed that he would return to the driver's seat for the first time in 16 years, running the ARCA Menards Series East race at Flat Rock Speedway. He would team with fellow driver and former driver for Venturini Brennan Poole as a spotter, and the pairing wound up earning a 4th place finish.[1] It was his first start in the East Series.

NASCAR Truck Series

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Venturini attempted to make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in 1999, racing at Martinsville Speedway for his family team, but would fail to qualify for the event. He would attempt to run the next race, but would once again fail to qualify.[2] He attempted a race at Martinsville a year later, but also failed to qualify. He has not made a start in the series since then.[3]

Post-racing career

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After retiring from driving in 2007, Venturini decided to turn his family team into a driver development program. Venturini would later be known for helping his team become one of the most premier driver development programs in the ARCA circuit, collecting over 50 wins in the series, including a championship in 2019.[4][5][6] That same year, Venturini won the Cometic Crew Chief of the Year award.[7] In 2012, Venturini, along with his family, were inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (NIASHF). In 2022, Venturini received media attention during the ARCA race at Kansas in May. Venturini was serving as the crew chief for Corey Heim in the race, since the original crew chief, Shannon Rursch, was attending his daughter's college graduation that weekend. On lap 57 of the race, Drew Dollar made contact with Heim exiting turn 4, causing both of them to hit the outside wall, and spin through the infield grass. During an interview with FS1 reporter Kate Osborne, Venturini showed his displeasure with Dollar, stating that "Drew wrecks all your shit when he's driving for you, and then he wrecks it all when he's racing against you." He would also state that Dollar was a "pure lack of talent."[8] Dollar reacted to the interview a day later, by tweeting out Venturini's racing stats on Racing-Reference, with the caption saying "Guess it took this guy about 14 years to figure out he didn't need to be a race car driver."[9]

Personal life

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Venturini is married to Emily, and they have twin sons, Luke and Max.[10] His younger sister, Wendy Venturini, is currently a pit reporter for Performance Racing Network (PRN).

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
1999 Venturini Motorsports 35 Chevy HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR
DNQ 		MEM
DNQ 		PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 98th – [2]
2000 83 DAY HOM PHO MMR MAR
DNQ 		PIR GTY MEM PPR EVG TEX KEN GLN MLW NHA NZH MCH IRP NSV CIC RCH DOV TEX CAL 118th – [3]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ARSC Pts Ref
1994 Venturini Motorsports 35 Chevy DAY TAL FIF LVL
26 		KIL TOL
14 		FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70
14 		ISF DSF TOL
4 		SLM WIN NA 0 [11]
Bill Egbert 62 Chevy ATL
32
1995 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY ATL TAL FIF
5 		KIL
26 		FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC
31 		POC KIL FRS SBS LVL
18 		ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL
DNQ 		NA 0 [12]
1996 DAY ATL SLM TAL FIF LVL CLT
28 		CLT KIL FRS POC MCH FRS TOL POC MCH IND SBS ISF DQN KIL SLM WIN CLT
31 		ATL NA 0 [13]
1997 DAY ATL SLM CLT
38 		20th 1640 [14]
Ed Rensi Racing 83 Chevy CLT POC MCH SBS
6 		TOL
13 		KIL
22 		FRS WVS POC MCH
15 		DQN GTW
29 		SLM
20 		WIN CLT
5
 TAL ISF
10 		ATL
29
1998 DAY
9 		ATL
26 		SLM
25 		CLT
16 		MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PIK POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DQN SLM TEX WIN NA 0 [15]
Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy CLT
DNQ 		TAL ATL
1999 DAY ATL
21 		SLM AND CLT
10 		MCH
36 		POC
35 		TOL SBS BER POC
34 		KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DQN SLM CLT
37 		TAL ATL
6 		43rd 715 [16]
2000 DAY SLM AND CLT
11 		KIL FRS MCH
10 		POC
16 		TOL KEN
11 		BER POC
7 		WIN ISF KEN
4 		DQN SLM CLT
36 		TAL ATL
9 		28th 1320 [17]
2001 DAY
23 		NSH
26 		WIN
4 		SLM
23 		GTW
8 		KEN
13 		CLT
23 		KAN MCH POC MEM
30 		GLN KEN
3 		MCH POC
20 		NSH
7 		ISF CHI
4 		DQN SLM TOL BER CLT
4 		TAL
33 		ATL
36 		18th 2445 [18]
2002 Pontiac DAY
29 		TAL
10 		6th 4685 [19]
Chevy ATL
7 		NSH
26 		SLM
20 		KEN
10 		CLT
31 		KAN
11 		POC
6 		MCH
19 		TOL
7 		SBO
3 		KEN
12 		BER
11 		POC
25 		NSH
8 		ISF
9 		WIN
24 		DQN
13 		CHI
8 		SLM
26 		CLT
22
2003 Pontiac DAY
3 		SLM
3 		BER
4* 		LER
2* 		WIN
9 		SLM
20 		TAL
2 		SBO
29 		5th 4945 [20]
Chevy ATL
9 		NSH
16 		TOL
5 		KEN
10 		CLT
17 		KAN
23 		MCH
38 		POC
10 		POC
8 		NSH
27 		ISF
8 		DQN
16 		TOL
26 		CLT
9
2004 Pontiac DAY
3 		TAL
24 		4th 5015 [21]
Chevy NSH
12 		SLM
3 		KEN
2 		TOL
12 		CLT
20 		KAN
6 		POC
4 		MCH
30 		SBO
3 		BER
7 		KEN
23 		GTW
6 		POC
8 		LER
4 		NSH
29 		ISF
8 		TOL
28 		DQN
13 		CHI
6 		SLM
20
2005 DAY
14 		NSH SLM KEN TOL LNS MLW POC MCH KAN NSH MCH ISF TOL
3 		DQN
8 		CHI
8 		SLM
4 		TAL
28 		28th 1700 [22]
15 KEN
32 		BER
27 		POC GTW LER
2
2006 25 DAY
7 		NSH
12 		SLM
1* 		WIN
28 		KEN
9 		TOL
11 		POC
34 		MCH
12 		KAN
35 		KEN
25 		BER
30 		POC
7 		GTW
17 		NSH
4 		MCH
7 		ISF
9 		MLW
9 		TOL
9 		DQN
9 		CHI
6 		SLM
5 		TAL
30 		IOW
9 		3rd 4950 [23]
2007 DAY
28 		USA
14 		NSH
19 		SLM
9 		KAN WIN KEN TOL
10 		IOW POC MCH BER KEN POC NSH ISF MLW GTW DQN
8 		CHI
10 		SLM 31st 1355 [24]
15 TAL
5 		TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2023 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS
4 		IOW IRP MLW BRI 30th 40 [25]

* Season still in progress

References

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  1. ^ Tomlinson, Joy (May 6, 2023). "Billy Venturini Running ARCA East Race at Flat Rock". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Billy Venturini – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Billy Venturini – 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "History - Venturini Motorsports". Venturini Motorsports. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Christian Eckes Clinches ARCA Menards Series Championship with Victory in Season Finale at Kansas Speedway". ARCA. October 19, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Dominant Season Leads to Owner's Championship for Billy Venturini". ARCA. October 24, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Cometic Crew Chief of the Year Award Among Billy Venturini's 2019 Accolades". ARCA. November 4, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  8. ^ Srigley, Joseph (May 14, 2022). "'Great Kid, Does Not Need to Be a Racecar Driver," Billy Venturini Upset After Dollar, Heim Wreck for Lead at Kansas". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  9. ^ Dollar, Drew (May 16, 2022). "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Retrieved May 6, 2023. Talk about a "pure lack of talent!" Guess it took this guy about 14 years to figure out he didn't need to be a race car driver.
  10. ^ Venturini, Billy (February 22, 2022). "(Twitter post)". Twitter. Retrieved May 9, 2023. 2-22-22 my 2 turn 14. Happy birthday boys. I love you every day...... and I like you most days too
  11. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  12. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1995 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  13. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  14. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1997 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  15. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "Billy Venturini - 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  17. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2000 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  19. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  20. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  21. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  22. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  23. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  24. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  25. ^ "Billy Venturini - 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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