page_title: Wendy Venturini
hierarchical_section_title: Wendy Venturini
caption_attribution_description: English: SPEED Channel announcer Wendy Venturini (original pic includes Hermie Sadler)
context_page_description: Wendy Venturini is an American reporter for the Performance Racing Network. She works as broadcaster for NASCAR Cup Series races and sometimes as a pit reporter for races on PRN. She had been a pit reporter in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, and reporter for NASCAR Race Day. Venturini is a 2000 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  In 2007, Venturini was one of the commentators for DirecTV's NASCAR Hot Pass coverage. With that on her résumé, Venturini is the first female play-by-play announcer in auto racing history.
  On August 29, 2014, Venturini was announced as the anchor for the 2014 Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race for Performance Racing Network, becoming the first woman to serve such a position.
  She is the daughter of two-time Auto Racing Club of America Champion and multi-car owner Bill Venturini. Her older brother, Billy Venturini, is also a driver on the ARCA circuit.
context_section_description: Wendy Venturini (born January 30, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American reporter for the Performance Racing Network (PRN). She works as broadcaster for NASCAR Cup Series races and sometimes as a pit reporter for races on PRN. She had been a pit reporter in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, and reporter for NASCAR Race Day. Venturini is a 2000 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  In 2007, Venturini was one of the commentators for DirecTV's NASCAR Hot Pass coverage.  With that on her résumé, Venturini is the first female play-by-play announcer in auto racing history.
  On August 29, 2014, Venturini was announced as the anchor for the 2014 Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race for Performance Racing Network, becoming the first woman to serve such a position.
  She is the daughter of two-time Auto Racing Club of America (ARCA) Champion and multi-car owner Bill Venturini. Her older brother, Billy Venturini, is also a driver on the ARCA circuit.
caption: Venturini in 2008
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