Billy Venturini
Venturini atSonoma Raceway in 2025
Born	William Venturini (1976-04-07)April 7, 1976 (age 49) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
ARCA Menards Series career
161 races run over 14 years
Best finish	3rd (2006)
First race	1994Louisville 250 (Louisville)
Last race	2007ARCA Re/Max 250 (Talladega)
First win	2006Kentuckiana 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., team	No. 25 (Venturini Motorsports)
First race	2023Dutch Boy 150 (Flat Rock)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of May 20, 2023.

William Venturini Jr (born April 7, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently co-ownsVenturini Motorsports, a racing team that competes in theARCA Menards Series, along with his father,Bill. As a driver, he last competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 20Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He previously competed in theARCA Re/Max Series either full-time or part-time from 1994 through 2007, mainly driving for the same team.

Venturini made hisARCA Series debut atLouisville 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 atToledo Speedway in September. He drove a race for Bill Egbert in the season finale atAtlanta Motor Speedway, finishing 32nd due to a driveshaft issue. In 1997, he joinedEd Rensi Racing to run a nine-race schedule, earning his best finish of 5th atCharlotte Motor Speedway. He returned next season, earning a top ten atDaytona. 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 atLake 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 atSalem 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 atTalladega 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 websiteFrontstretch, Venturini revealed that he would return to the driver's seat for the first time in 16 years, running theARCA Menards Series East race atFlat Rock Speedway. He would team with fellow driver and former driver for VenturiniBrennan Poole as a spotter, and the pairing wound up earning a 4th place finish.^[1] It was his first start in the East Series.

Venturini attempted to make hisNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in1999, racing atMartinsville 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]

After retiring from driving in 2007, Venturini decided to turn his family team into adriver 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 theNational Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (NIASHF). In 2022, Venturini received media attention during theARCA race at Kansas in May. Venturini was serving as the crew chief forCorey 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 withFS1 reporterKate 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 onRacing-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]

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

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

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

^* Season still in progress

• Billy Venturini driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Billy Venturini owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Billy Venturini crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference

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