| Isabella Robusto | |||||||
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 Robusto atSonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | (2004-11-04)November 4, 2004 (age 20) Fort Mill, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | First female to win aLegend Car National Qualifier event (Texas,2018) | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 35th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 36th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2024Music City 150 (Nashville Fairgrounds) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) | ||||||
| First race | 2024General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of March 10, 2025. | |||||||
Isabella Robusto (born November 4, 2004) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who competes full-time in theARCA Menards Series, and part-time in theARCA Menards Series East andARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 55Toyota Camry forVenturini Motorsports. She has been in theTD2driver development program system since 2021 and was a part of theDrive for Diversity program withRev Racing from 2016 to 2021 which made her the longest lasting member of the program to date.
She started off her career in 2010 when she was 5 racingGo-Karts with her brother Will. At the age of 8 in 2013, she began racingBandolero's at theCharlotte Motor Speedway, then in 2016 she would move up toLegend Cars and scored the Young Lions division title for the state ofSouth Carolina. In 2018 she would become the first female to ever win a national qualifier race inLegend Car competition.[1]
In 2020, she would start running inLate Model Stock Cars forRev Racing with theNASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series on part-time basis where she would score 6 top-5's and 14 top-10's. For 2021 she would return and score 5 top-5's and 8 top-10's as well as a pole.[2]
At the very end of 2021 and heading into 2022, Robusto joined theTD2driver development program in the No. 55 forLee Faulk Racing. She took part in 37 events, where she would score 2 wins, 3 poles, 10 top 5's, and over 30 top 10's. She also raced all the way from 30th to 3rd in theSouth Carolina 400, having to hold off drivers such asDale Earnhardt Jr. andBryant Barnhill.[3]
On January 18, 2023, it was announced Robusto would run part-time in theARCA Menards Series andARCA Menards Series East in 2023.[4] Her first scheduled race wasNashville in May, however she was injured and sustained a concussion in a last lap crash atHickory Motor Speedway just a week prior and replaced by fellowTD2 driverGiovanni Ruggiero.[5]
In 2024, Robusto would make her officialARCA Menards Series debut in theGeneral Tire 150 atPhoenix Raceway, driving the No. 55 forVenturini Motorsports.[6] She started and finished the race in sixth, and ran as high as third throughout parts of the race.[7] She followed up this performance with two top-ten finishes, and a pole position in Kansas.[8]
Robusto will be driving the full2025 ARCA Menards season with Venturini Motosports.[9]
In 2023, Robusto has competed inPirelli GT4 America andTGR GR Cup North America series competition picking up 2 top 5's, 3 top 10's, and one podium in 4 starts with the GT4's all coming forTGR-Smooge Racing.
She graduated fromFort Mill High School in August 2022 a year ahead of when she was originally scheduled to. She also has a twin brotherWill who races inPirelli GT4 America competition.[10]
Robusto is very active in the fitness community and is a part of theVirginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 cycling team.[11]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 6 | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK 4 | MCH | KAN 28 | TOL | 35th | 137 | [12] | |||||
| 20 | ISF 2 | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 55 | DAY 21 | PHO 31 | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | [13] | ||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV 2 | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW | BRI | 36th | 43 | [14] |
| 2025 | FIF | CAR | NSH | FRS | DOV | IRP | IOW | BRI | -* | -* | ||||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | PHO 6 | KER | PIR 3 | SON 6 | IRW 2 | IRW 17 | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER 18 | PHO | 13th | 213 | [15] |
| 2025 | KER | PHO 31 | TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | -* | -* | [16] | |||
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