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He is the founder and co-owner of Venturini Motorsports, a team that competes in the ARCA Menards Series. As a driver, he primarily competed in the same series from 1982 through 1996. Venturini has won two ARCA championships, which came in 1987 and 1991.Table of ContentsDriving career[edit]Team owner career[edit]Personal life[edit]Motorsports career results[edit]NASCAR[edit]Winston Cup Series[edit]Daytona 500[edit]Busch Series[edit]Craftsman Truck Series[edit]ARCA Bondo\/Mar-Hyde Series[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Driving career[edit]As a driver, “Big Bill” Venturini made his ARCA Series debut in 1982. In 1983, Venturini won his first ARCA race at Flat Rock Speedway and at the end of the season he became rookie of the year and finished runner-up to Bob Dotter.[2] Venturini backed up this performance by finishing runner-up in 1984 and 1985. After finishing third in 1986 Venturini won his first ARCA championship in 1987.[3] After finishing fourth in the 1988 season Venturini scaled down and only ran a part-time schedule in 1989 and 1990. Venturini won his second ARCA championship in 1991 after a consistent season. He finished third in 1992 and sixth in his last full-time season in 1994. Venturini made his last ARCA Racing Series start at the season finale at Atlanta in 1996. During his ARCA Racing Series career Venturini set the all-time qualifying records at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Venturini made thirteen NASCAR starts across all three national series. He made his Winston Cup Series debut at Michigan International Speedway in 1989. In his seven Cup Series starts, his best finish was eighteenth at the 1990 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Venturini attempted to qualify for the Daytona 500 in 1990 and 1991 but failed to qualify on both occasions.Team owner career[edit]  Venturini (on left in front of the car) celebrating a win by his driver Chandler Smith in 2018Bill, his wife Cathy, and his son Billy, also a retired driver, are the co-owners of Venturini Motorsports,[1] a team which competes full-time with three cars in the ARCA Menards Series (Nos. 15, 20, 25) as well as one part-time car (the No. 55). They have competed in that series for decades to much success. In 2020, they began fielding teams in the ARCA Menards Series East (the No. 20 part-time and the No. 25 full-time) and West (one car part-time).It has been a tradition since 2006 for “Big Bill” to kiss one of his drivers in victory lane if they win a race. The first time he did it was when Billy was still competing in ARCA as a driver and won an ARCA race at Salem that year, and they continued it in 2007 when the Venturini’s turned their team into a driver development team.[4][5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Personal life[edit]Venturini was born in Chicago, Illinois, as the son of Tony Venturini, an amateur racing driver who began his stock car racing career at the historic Soldier Field, also in Chicago. His father competed against NASCAR drivers such as Tom Pistone and Fred Lorenzen. Venturini’s wife Cathy was part of his pit crew during his championship winning season in 1987. His son Billy also became a racing driver and competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 1994 through 2007. His daughter Wendy currently works in NASCAR as a radio reporter for the Performance Racing Network and formerly on TV for Speed and Fox as well.[3]Motorsports career results[edit]NASCAR[edit](key) (Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.)Winston Cup Series[edit]Daytona 500[edit]Busch Series[edit]Craftsman Truck Series[edit]ARCA Bondo\/Mar-Hyde Series[edit](key) (Bold\u00a0\u2013 Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics\u00a0\u2013 Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *\u00a0\u2013 Most laps led.)References[edit]^ a b “Venturini Motorsports: Team”. Venturini Motorsports. Digital Momentum. Retrieved April 15, 2020.^ “ARCA Menards Series”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2020.^ a b c “Venturini Motorsports \u2013 History”. venturinimotorsports.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.^ Blount, Rob (June 21, 2015). “Father, Son Turn Venturini Motorsports Into ARCA Gold”. Speed51.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.^ Radebaugh, Don (September 16, 2017). “Who wants a kiss from “Big Bill”?… you’d be surprised”. ARCARacing.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1982 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1983 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1984 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1986 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1987 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1988 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1989 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1991 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1994 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1995 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results”. Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2020.^ “Bill Venturini \u2013 1996 ARCA Bondo\/Mar-Hyde Series Results”. Racing-Reference. 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