VENTURINI MOTORSPORTS BECOMES WINNINGEST TEAM IN ARCA

Concord, NC (March 07, 2022) – Venturini Motorsports (VMS) celebrated a historic victory at Daytona Int’l Speedway in February, earning it’s 80th win and breaking the record as the winningest team in ARCA History.

Venturini Motorsports surpassed Iggy Katona as the previous record holder. Katona has 79 ARCA team wins dating back to 1977.

Seemingly unstoppable at Daytona, Corey Heim delivered the team’s fifth consecutive victory at the World Center of Racing and sixth total. The win also marked Heim’s second successive year in a row basking in the Daytona glory. The statement victory comes during VMS’ milestone 40th Anniversary ARCA Season.

All of these victories at the historic Daytona Int’l Speedway have helped to contribute to the storybook of accomplishments for Venturini Motorsports.

The team has achieved 80 total ARCA victories with 27 different drivers at 30 different tracks, ranging from Superspeedways to Road Courses to Dirt Tracks to Intermediates and Short Tracks;

In 2019, Christian Eckes delivered VMS’ its third ARCA Championship.

In 2012, Venturini Motorsports and the Venturini family was unanimously voted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (NIASHF) for their excellent efforts in positively impacting and contributing to the motorsports industry.

VMS has also prepared and equipped many drivers with the foundation to move up the ranks and succeed at the NASCAR level, with over 20 drivers currently competing in the top three NASCAR divisions.

With 9 ARCA Wins to his name, Chandler Smith is the winningest driver in the modern era of Venturini Motorsports. Corey Heim is just behind Smith with 8 ARCA wins to his credit and chasing more in the 2022 season.

The Venturini family’s racing legacy was established over seven decades ago, but Billy Venturini transitioned Venturini Motorsports into a Driver Development empire in 2007, quickly emerging with success as Joey Logano scored the teams’ first victory of the new era.

When Billy was asked if he ever thought they would make it to this milestone, his response was, “Absolutely.”

“When I took over the race team, I always envisioned nothing but long-term success. I’m proud of all the people on this team and with all their hard work, we’ve been able to achieve this,” added Billy. “Getting No.80 was a huge accomplishment, but I think we need to stretch that number much further before VMS is done here.”

The ARCA Menards Series will return to action on Friday, March 11 with the General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway. The race will be broadcasted live on MAVTV Motorsports Network at 5:30PM MT / 7:30PM ET.

Full stats:
1. June 18, 1983- Flatrock Speedway- Big Bill
2. Aug 6, 1983- Mt. Clemens- Big Bill
3. June 16, 1984- Flatrock Spwy- Big Bill
4. Aug 11,1984- Flatrock Spwy- Big Bill
5. June 14,1985- Spartan Spwy- Big Bill
6. Mar 15, 1986- Atlanta Int’l- Big Bill
7. May 22, 1987- Delaware Spwy Park-Big Bill
8. May 31, 1987- Toledo Spwy- Big Bill
9. June 7, 1987- Rockford Spwy- Big Bill
10. Nov 21, 1987- Atlanta Int’l- Big Bill
11. Sept 22, 1991- Texas World Spwy- Big Bill
12. May 25, 1992- Kil Kare Spwy- Big Bill
13. Apr 23, 2006- Salem Spwy- Billy Venturini
14. May 4, 2008- Rockingham Spwy- Joey Logano
15. Sept 6, 2008- Chicagoland Spwy- Scott Lagasse
16. Apr 19, 2009- Rockingham Spwy- Sean Caisse
17. June 6, 2009- Pocono Rcwy- Joey Logano
18. Apr 11, 2010- Salem Spwy- Steve Arpin
19. Apr 16, 2010- Texas Motor Spwy- Steve Arpin
20. June 11, 2010- Michigan Int’l- Mikey Kile
21. Sept 6, 2010- DuQuoin State Fairgrounds- Steve Arpin
22. May 1, 2011- Salem Spwy- Brennan Poole
23. Aug 26, 2011- Madison Int’l-Alex Bowman
24. Oct 7, 2011- Kansas Spwy- Alex Bowman
25. Jun 2, 2012- Elko Spwy- Brennan Poole
26. Jun 9, 2012- Pocono Rcwy- Brennan Poole
27. July 21, 2012- Chicagoland- Kevin Swindell
28. Feb 16, 2013- DAYTONA- John Wes Townley
29. Jun 14, 2013- Michigan Int’l- Brennan Poole
30. Aug 10, 2013- Berlin Rcwy- Erik Jones
31. Aug 18, 2013- Illinois State Fairgrounds- Brennan Poole
32. Aug 25, 2013- Madison Int’l- Kyle Benjamin
33. Sept 14, 2013- Salem Spwy- Kyle Benjamin
34. May 18, 2014- Toledo Spwy- Justin Boston
35. Jun 13, 2014- Michigan Int’l- Austin Theriault
36. Aug 17, 2014- Illinois State Fairgrounds- Kevin Swindell
37. Aug 24, 2014- Madison Int’l- Justin Boston
38. Sept 19, 2014- Kentucky Spwy- Brennan Poole
39. May 17, 2015- Toledo Spwy- Todd Gilliland
40. Apr 16, 2016- Salem Spwy- Christopher Bell
41. Aug 6, 2016- Berlin Rcwy- Dalton Sargeant
42. Sept 4, 2016- DuQuoin State Fairgrounds- Tom Hessert
43. Sept 10, 2016- Salem Spwy- Christopher Bell
44. Sept 14, 2017- Chicagoland Spwy- Christopher Bell
45. Feb 10, 2018- DAYTONA- Michael Self
46. Apr 22, 2018- Salem Spwy- Christian Eckes
47. June 15, 2018- Madison Int’l- Chandler Smith
48. June 28, 2018- Chicagoland- Michael Self
49. Aug 19, 2018- Illinois State Fairgrounds- Christian Eckes
50. Sept 3, 2018- DuQuoin State Fairgrounds- Logan Seavey
51. Sept 15, 2018- Salem Spwy- Chandler Smith
52. Oct 6, 2018- Lucas Oil Rcwy- Christian Eckes
53. Feb 9, 2019- DAYTONA- Harrison Burton
54. Mar 9, 2019- Five Flags Spwy- Michael Self
55. Apr 14, 2019- Salem Spwy- Michael Self
56. May 5, 2019- Nashville Fairgrounds- Christian Eckes
57. May 19, 2019- Toledo Spwy- Chandler Smith
58. June 7, 2019- Michigan Int’l- Michael Self
59. June 14, 2019- Madison Int’l- Chandler Smith
60. July 13, 2019- Elko Spwy- Chandler Smith
61. July 19, 2019- Iowa Spwy- Chandler Smith
62. July 26, 2019- Pocono Rcwy- Christian Eckes
63. Aug 18, 2019- Illinois State Fairgrounds- Michael Self
64. Aug 31, 2019- DuQuoin State Fairgrounds- Christian Eckes
65. Oct 5, 2019- Lucas Oil Rcwy- Chandler Smith
66. Oct 18, 2019- Kansas Spwy- Christian Eckes
67. Feb 8, 2020- DAYTONA- Michael Self
68. Mar 6, 2020- Phoenix Rcwy- Chandler Smith
69. June 20, 2020- Talladega Super- Drew Dollar
70. July 3, 2020- Lucas Oil Rcwy- Chandler Smith
71. Aug 14, 2020- DAYTONA Road Course- Michael Self
72. Oct 16, 2020- Kansas Spwy- Corey Heim
73. Feb 13, 2021- DAYTONA- Corey Heim
74. Apr 24, 2021- Talladega Superspwy- Corey Heim
75. June 25, 2021- Pocono Rcwy- Corey Heim
76. July 10, 2021- Elko Spwy- Corey Heim
77. Aug 6, 2021- Watkins Glen Int’l- Corey Heim
78. Aug 22, 2021- Illinois St Fair- Corey Heim
79. Oct 2, 2021- Salem Spwy- Jesse Love
80. Feb 19, 2022- DAYTONA- Corey Heim