| Isabella Robusto | |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Mill, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Achievements: | First female to win a Legend Car National Qualifier event (Texas, 2018) |
| Total Arca Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca: | 1 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| First Arca Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca East: | 1 |
| Arca East Car Team: | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2024 Music City 150 (Nashville Fairgrounds) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 3 |
| Years In Arca West: | 1 |
| Arca West Car Team: | No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 3 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | June 13, 2024 |
Isabella Robusto (born November 4, 2004) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. She has been in the TD2 driver development program system since 2021 and was a part of the Drive for Diversity program with Rev Racing from 2016 to 2021 which made her the longest lasting member of the program to date.
She started off her career in 2010 when she was 5 racing Go-Karts with her brother Will. At the age of 8 in 2013, she began racing Bandolero's at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, then in 2016 she would move up to Legend Cars and scored the Young Lions division title for the state of South Carolina. In 2018 she would become the first female to ever win a national qualifier race in Legend Car competition.[1]
In 2020, she would start running in Late Model Stock Cars for Rev Racing with the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series on part-time basis where she would score 6 top-5's and 14 top-10's. For 2021 she would return and score 5 top-5's and 8 top-10's as well as a pole.[2]
At the very end of 2021 and heading into 2022, Robusto joined the TD2 driver development program in the No. 55 for Lee Faulk Racing. She took part in 37 events, where she would score 2 wins, 3 poles, 10 top 5's, and over 30 top 10's. She also raced all the way from 30th to 3rd in the South Carolina 400, having to hold off drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Bryant Barnhill.[3]
On January 18, 2023, it was announced Robusto would run part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East in 2023.[4] Her first scheduled race was Nashville in May, however she was injured and sustained a concussion in a last lap crash at Hickory Motor Speedway just a week prior and replaced by fellow TD2 driver Giovanni Ruggiero.[5]
In 2024, Robusto would make her official ARCA Menards Series debut in the General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway, driving the No. 55 for Venturini Motorsports.[6] She started and finished the race in sixth, and ran as high as third throughout parts of the race.[7]
In 2023, Robusto has competed in Pirelli GT4 America and TGR GR Cup North America series competition picking up 2 top 5's, 3 top 10's, and one podium in 4 starts with the GT4's all coming for TGR-Smooge Racing.
She graduated from Fort Mill High School in August 2022 a year ahead of when she was originally scheduled to. She also has a twin brother Will who races in Pirelli GT4 America competition.[8]
Robusto is very active in the fitness community and is a part of the Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 cycling team.[9]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Ref | |
| 2024 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | -* | -* | [10] | |||||||
| 20 | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||