# Billy Venturini

William 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. 20 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.

## Racing career
### ARCA

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. It was his first start in the East Series.

### NASCAR Truck Series

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. 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.

## Post-racing career

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. That same year, Venturini won the Cometic Crew Chief of the Year award. 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." 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."

## Personal life

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

## Motorsports career results
### NASCAR

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

#### Craftsman Truck Series

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 | – | |
| 2000 | Venturini Motorsports | 83 | Chevy | 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 | – | |

### ARCA Re/Max Series

(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 | |
| 1994 | Bill Egbert | 62 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ATL 32 | | | | | | | | NA | 0 |
| 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 | |
| 1996 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 1997 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | SLM | CLT 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20th | 1640 | |
| 1997 | 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 | | | | | | 20th | 1640 | |
| 1998 | Ed Rensi Racing | 83 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 1998 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | TAL | ATL | | | | | | NA | 0 | |
| 1999 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2000 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2001 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2002 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Pontiac | DAY 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 10 | | | | | 6th | 4685 | |
| 2002 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | 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 | | | | | | 6th | 4685 | |
| 2003 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Pontiac | DAY 3 | | | SLM 3 | | | | BER 4* | | | LER 2* | | | | | WIN 9 | | | SLM 20 | TAL 2 | | SBO 29 | | | | 5th | 4945 | |
| 2003 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | 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 | | | | | | | | 5th | 4945 |
| 2004 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Pontiac | DAY 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 24 | | | | 4th | 5015 | |
| 2004 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | 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 | | | | | | | | 4th | 5015 |
| 2005 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2005 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 32 | BER 27 | POC | GTW | LER 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28th | 1700 |
| 2006 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2007 | Venturini Motorsports | 25 | Chevy | 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 | |
| 2007 | Venturini Motorsports | 15 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 5 | TOL | | | | 31st | 1355 | |

#### ARCA Menards Series East

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 | |
$^*$ Season still in progress