BILL  VENTURINI   -   02/14/1953

a former NASCAR driver and a two-time ARCA Champion.  Venturini's daughter, Wendy Venturini was a pit road reporter for Speed Channel and his son Billy Venturini was an ARCA driver who once attempted a NASCAR race.  While Venturini competed in the ARCA series he often had an all girl pit crew.  The elder Venturini competed in seven Cup, four Xfinity Series, and two Truck Series events in his own right.  Venturini first entered NASCAR in 1982, competing in the series' inaugural event at Daytona.  Starting 24th in the field of thirty-four, Venturini completed all but five laps in route to a solid 15th place finish.  Venturini's first NASCAR race outside of Daytona came in 1984, when he took his Xfinity car to the Milwaukee Mile.  Starting 12th in the field of twenty-six, Venturini kept his car near the front all day and was rewarded with a NASCAR-best 11th place finish.  Venturini's Cup debut came in 1989, when the journeyman driver competed at Michigan.  Starting 38th in the field of forty, Venturini crashed early in the event and finished 37th.  Venturini's busiest year on the NASCAR circuit was in 1990, when the driver managed to pull together a four race schedule.  It started off well enough for Venturini, driving to a series best 18th place finish at Talladega.  He then struggled to a 30th place (camshaft problems) finish at Michigan, but rebounded nicely by running at the finish of the summer races at Talladega (25th) and Michigan (28th).  Venturini wound out his Cup career in 1991, competing in just two events.  Both went poorly for Venturini, as early mechanical issues 

left him near the tail.  Venturini also wound up giving the Truck Series a try, making his debut in 1995 by racing at Phoenix.  Starting 30th in the field of forty, Venturini crashed out of the race early and struggled to a 34th place finish as a result.  Bill had a successful career racing in the ARCA Series.  He posted eight wins and 52 Top 5 finishes in 151 starts.  As of 2019, Venturini still is currently a car owner in the ARCA; often fielding 3 or more full time cars.  To this point he has fielded cars for over 900 starts; and his drivers have collected 51 wins. Some of his bigger wins include driver John Wes Townley winning the ARCA race at Daytona in 2013.  He has fielded cars for such drivers as Joey Logano; Justin Allgaier; Ryan Blaney; Erik Jones; Alex Bowman; Daniel Suarez; Christopher Bell; William Byron; Brennan Poole; Christian Eckes; and Noah Gragson.  Here's a nice little video about how Bill's all girl pit crew led him to the ARCAChampionship in 1987.

Venturini's All Girl Pit Crew

ARCA Series 1988

the Gals in action at Atlanta

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