Isabella Robusto

Isabella Robusto (born November 4, 2004) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Nitro 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.

Racing career Early career Robusto started her career in 2010, racing Go-Karts with her brother Will. In 2013, at the age of eight, she began racing Bandolero's at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, then in 2016 moved 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 win a national qualifier race in Legend Car competition.

Late Model Stock Cars In 2020, Robusto started running in Late Model Stock Cars for Rev Racing with the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series on part-time basis where she scored six top-fives and fourteen top-tens. For 2021, she returned and scored five top-fives and eight top-ten's as well as a pole position.

At the 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 two wins, three poles, ten top-fives, and over 30 top-tens. She also raced from 30th to third in the South Carolina 400, having to hold off drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Bryant Barnhill.

ARCA Menards Series 2023 On January 18, 2023, it was announced Robusto would run part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East in 2023. Her first scheduled race was at the Nashville in May, but she was injured with a concussion in a last lap crash at Hickory Motor Speedway just a week prior and was replaced by fellow TD2 driver Giovanni Ruggiero.

2024

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. She started and finished the race in sixth, and ran as high as third throughout parts of the race. She followed up this performance with two top-ten finishes, and a pole position in Kansas.

2025

Robusto ran the full 2025 ARCA Menards season with Venturini Motosports in the No. 55 Toyota. At Talledega, she finished third, marking the best finish ever by a female driver at the track. Robusto would have a solid season, earning nine top-fives and fourteen top-tens to finish fourth in the point standings.

Other racing Sports car racing

In 2023, Robusto competed in Pirelli GT4 America and TGR GR Cup North America series competition picking up two top-fives, three top-tens, and one podium in four starts with the GT4's all coming for TGR-Smooge Racing.

Personal life Robusto is from Fort Mill, South Carolina. 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 Robusto, who races in Pirelli GT4 America competition. Robusto has used the number 55 since the beginning of her racing career as a tribute to Will, who races the number 22. She explains that the numbers look the same when flipped upside down, symbolizing their own unique connection and the similarity between them, while still being different individuals.

Robusto is very active in the fitness community and is a part of the Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 cycling team. She played kicker on Fort Mill High School's football team.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

ARCA Menards Series (key) (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 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 KAN TOL 35th 137 20 ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI 2025 55 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 4th 846 2026 Nitro Motorsports DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -*

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Ref 2024 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 37th 43 2025 FIF CAR NSV FRS DOV IRP IOW BRI 11th 188 2026 Nitro Motorsports HCY CAR NSV TOL IRP FRS IOW BRI -* -*

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2024 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO 15th 213 2025 KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS 40th 46 RAFA Racing Team 2 Toyota PHO 2026 Nitro Motorsports 55 Toyota KER PHO TUC SHA CNS TRI SON PIR AAS MAD LVS -* -* RAFA Racing Team TBA Toyota PHO KER

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2022 Lee Faulk Racing 10 Toyota CRW HCY GRE AAS FCS LGY DOM HCY13 ACE MMS NWS 26th 72 55R TCM11 ACE 55 SBO19 CRW17 2023 SNM30 FLC29 HCY21 ACE NWS LGY DOM CRW HCY ACE TCM WKS AAS SBO TCM CRW 65th 16 2024 Lee Pulliam Performance SNM HCY AAS10 OCS27 ACE8 TCM15 LGY DOM15 CRW HCY16 NWS ACE8 WCS15 FLC29 SBO23 TCM NWS12 19th 185

CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2023 N/A 28 Toyota SNM6 HCY19* ACE NWS TCM DIL CRW WKS HCY TCM SBO TCM CRW 35th 43