October 28, 2024 (Concord, NC) –Marco Andretti has teamed with Venturini Motorsports to pilot the No. 25 Rich Mar Florist Toyota Camry during the ARCA Menards Series West finale at Phoenix Raceway on November 8.
“Deep down all of us in the sport are fans at heart, so the purist in me just loves the fact that Marco Andretti is driving a car for Venturini Motorsports,” said VMS’s General Manager, Billy Venturini.
Andretti, a native of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, is most notably known for his time spent in the NTT IndyCar Series, where he collected two wins, six poles, 20 podiums and 42 top-5 finishes. Andretti, named IndyCar’s rookie of the year in 2006, finished inside the top-10 driver point standings nine times in his career.
“It’s great to be able to add another ARCA race before the end of the year. Thank you to Venturini for the opportunity to add more stock car experience to my 2024 season. I am also grateful for the support from Rich Mar and their idea of a special livery tribute to my newborn daughter Miura. Phoenix is a fun track and this will be my third race in a stock car there so I’m hoping to end the year with a great result,” said Marco Andretti.
Marco Andretti started his transition from open wheel to full bodied cars in 2021 with a victory at Slinger Speedway in Wisconsin. In 2022, Andretti was crowned the champion in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX). The same year Andretti made his NASCAR national series debut in the Xfinity Series, competing at the ROVAL at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Over the last two years the 37-year old driver continued to expand his stock-car transition making starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series.
“Marco obviously comes from the most famous lineage in North American racing history, but he’s done a ton to forge his own path. With his wins and accolades in open wheel racing he’s still relatively new to stock car racing, so with his talent and familiarity of auto racing, teamed up with our ability to develop the best stock car racers in the industry, has me very enthusiastic to get Marco into our program. We’re using this last ARCA platform race in 2024 as our debut, but hope there’s lots of runway to grow into a successful 2025 season together as well,” added Billy Venturini.
Competing in the ARCA Menards Series since 1982, Venturini Motorsports, paired with Toyota Racing Development, is the premier driver development team with 106 all-time victories across all of ARCA’s race platforms.
Marco will make his Venturini Motorsports driving debut at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, November 8. The race will be aired live on Flowracing.com starting at 12:30 p.m MT / 2:30 p.m. ET.
