IndyCar Series veteran Marco Andretti has added another stock car race to his schedule as he joins a championship-winning organization.
Andretti will join Venturini Motorsports for the ARCA Menards Series West finale at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, Nov. 8. He will drive the No. 25 Toyota Camry with sponsorship from Rich Mar Florist. This will be a one-off start, but the Toyota-affiliated team has indicated that it could lead to more opportunities.
"Marco obviously comes from the most famous lineage in North American racing history, but he's done a ton to forge his own path," said team General Manager Billy Venturini in a statement.
"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."
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— Marco Andretti (@MarcoAndretti) October 28, 2024
Andretti, who won two IndyCar races and finished top-10 in points nine times, has experience this season in all three levels of ARCA competition. He has made several starts for Cook Racing Technologies. His best finish was fifth at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The veteran driver has two previous trips to Phoenix Raceway. He failed to finish last season's Truck Series finale at the 1-mile track due to a crash. He finished 21st in this season's first ARCA West race at Phoenix.
Andretti, who also won the 2022 SRX Series championship, now joins one of the most successful teams in ARCA. Venturini Motorsports has celebrated 106 wins across the ARCA levels.
This run of success includes Jesse Love's 10-win championship campaign last season and Corey Heim's six-win season in 2021.
"It's great to be able to add another ARCA race before the end of the year," Andretti said in a statement. "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."