Tom Berte

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Tom Berte
ARCA 20 Tom Berte Road America 2013.jpg
Berte's No. 20 car at Road America in 2013
NationalityAmerican
Born (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 81)
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Debut season 2005
Starts69
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish28th in 2016
Last updated on: October 28, 2022.

Tom Berte (born September 25, 1943) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the ARCA Menards Series from 2003 to 2020, with a majority of his starts being with Venturini Motorsports. He last competed part time in the No. 12 Toyota for Fast Track Racing.

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Racing career

Berte attempted to make his ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2003, driving for his own team in the No. 40 Chevrolet at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but ultimately failed to qualify. He would attempt to qualify for two races the following year, and Charlotte and at Chicagoland Speedway, failing to qualify for both events.

Berte would eventually make his first start in 2005, driving the No. 10 Pontiac for Fast Track Racing at the Milwaukee Mile, finishing 28th in the event. He would make one more start in the year, driving at Chicagoland, finishing 41st due to electrical issues. He would make three more starts in the following year, earning a best finish of 14th at Pocono Raceway. He also attempted to qualify for the inaugural race at Iowa Speedway driving for Roulo Brothers Racing, but ultimately failing to qualify.

For 2007, Berte would join Venturini Motorsports for a select number of races in the No. 25 Chevrolet, entering seven races, making six and failing to qualify at Kentucky Speedway. He secured a best finish of 13th at the first Pocono race. He would remain with Venturini for 2008, driving for various entries, with a season-best 15th at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Berte would stay with the team for 2009–2012, mainly driving the No. 35 Chevrolet for six races that year with a best finish of 15th at Millville, New Jersey. For the next year, he would run the No. 15 along with the 35 in select races with a best finish of 14th at Pocono after an engine failure at Palm Beach International Raceway and a crash at Texas Motor Speedway in his first two starts of the year. He would remain in those entries for 2011, upping his best career finish with a 13th at Michigan Speedway. For 2012, he would run four races in the No. 20 and No. 35 in select races with a best finish of 17th in his first start of the year at Michigan.

For 2013–2016, Berte would race with his own team, Tom Berte Racing, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet/Toyota in five races with a best finish of 17th at Road America. In the following year, Berte would run in five races with a best finish of 13th at Chicagoland, but was involved in a crash at the season finale at Kansas Speedway with Dale Shearer and Galen Hassler. This also included a one off in the No. 66 Chevrolet at Pocono with points borrowed from Venturini Motorsports. Berte would plan to race in seven events in 2015, including both Pocono events, Michigan, Iowa, Chicagoland, Kentucky and Kansas, although he would not enter in the Michigan event. [1] In the second Pocono races, Berte would earn his first top-10 at Pocono with a tenth place finish. [2] For the 2016 season, he would seven races with a best finish of 12th at Kentucky. He would race in Kansas, before, in what was originally announced to be his final ARCA race, he retired with an engine issue and finished 31st.

Despite his initial retirement announcement, Berte would return to Venturini Motorsports for two races in 2017, running at Pocono in the No. 20 Toyota, finishing 15th, and at Chicagoland in the No. 55 entry, where he would finish 16th.

Berte would return to Fast Track Racing in 2018 driving the No. 10 for three races with a best result of 19th at Charlotte and Chicagoland, and after a year absence, he would return with the team in 2020 at Phoenix driving the No. 12 Toyota, where he would finish 19th due to a crash. He has not run in the series since then.

Personal life

Berte is the vice-president and chief financial officer of CGS Premier, a fabricating and designing company for mobile health clinics based in Muskego, Wisconsin that has sponsored Berte during the course of his racing career. [3]

Motorsports results

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223AMSCPtsRef
2003 Tom Berte Racing 40 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT
DNQ		 SBO N/A0 [4]
2004 Andy Belmont Racing 4 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT
DNQ		 KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF N/A0 [5]
Fast Track Racing 10 Pontiac CHI
DNQ		 SLM TAL
2005 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL
28		 POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI
41		 SLM TAL 142nd120 [6]
2006 DAY NSH
DNQ		 SLM WIN 68th485 [7]
11 KEN
DNQ		 TOL
Chevy POC
14		 MCH KAN
19		 KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF
Bob Aiello62 Chevy MIL
23		 TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy IOW
DNQ
2007 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN
33		 WIN KEN
DNQ		 TOL IOW
19		 POC
13		 MCH BLN KEN
23		 POC
29		 NSH ISF MIL
16		 GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 45th740 [8]
2008 DAY SLM IOW
33		 POC
37		 MCH CAY 42nd700 [9]
47 KAN
23		 CAR KEN
20		 TOL
14 KEN
30		 BLN
48 POC
24		 NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM
15 NJE
15		 TAL TOL
2009 35 DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN
21		 TOL POC
37		 MCH MFD IOW KEN
27		 BLN POC
30		 ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE
15		 SLM KAN
18		 CAR 44th640 [10]
2010 DAY PBE
24		 SLM TEX
29		 TAL TOL POC
14		 MCH CHI
18		 DSF TOL SLM 32nd855 [11]
15 IOW
24		 MFD POC
21		 BLN NJE ISF KAN
21		 CAR
2011 35 DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI
21		 MCH
13		 WIN BLN POC
35		 ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN
31		 TOL 31st670 [12]
15 POC
15		 IOW
27		 IRP
2012 20 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
20		 WIN NJE
18		 KAN
18		41st495 [13]
35 IOW
26		 CHI IRP POC
24		 BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF
2013 Tom Berte Racing 20 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC
18		 MCH 31st860 [14]
Chevy ROA
17		 WIN CHI
18		 NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN
25		 KAN
22
2014 66 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC
17		 MCH ELK WIN 33rd705 [15]
20 CHI
13		 IRP POC
15		 BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN
20		 KAN
24
2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC
21		 MCH CHI
13		 WIN IOW
23		 IRP KEN
34		35th690 [16]
Toyota POC
10		 BLN ISF DSF SLM KAN
30
2016 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC
23		 MCH
16		 MAD WIN IOW
14		 IRP POC
20		 BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI
13		 KEN
12		 KAN
31		28th965 [17]
2017 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC
15		 WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM 64th305 [18]
55 CHI
16		 KEN KAN
2018 Fast Track Racing 10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
19		 POC MCH MAD GTW 58th375 [19]
Toyota CHI
19		 IOW ELK POC
25		 ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN
2020 Fast Track Racing 12 Toyota DAY PHO
19		 TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 82nd25 [20]

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  3. ↑ "Contact Us". CGS Premier. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
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