Tom Berte

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.

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 fourteenth 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 thirteenth at the first Pocono race. He would remain with Venturini for 2008, driving for various entries, with a season-best fifteenth 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 fifteenth at Millville, New Jersey. For the next year, he would run the No. 15 along with the No. 35 in select races with a best finish of fourteenth 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 to 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 seventeenth at Road America. In the following year, Berte would run in five races with a best finish of thirteenth 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. In the second Pocono races, Berte would earn his first top-10 at Pocono with a tenth place finish. For the 2016 season, he would seven races with a best finish of twelfth 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 fifteenth, and at Chicagoland in the No. 55 entry, where he would finish sixteenth.

Berte would return to Fast Track Racing in 2018 driving the No. 10 for three races with a best result of nineteenth 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 nineteenth 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.

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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 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 SBO N/A 0 2004 Andy Belmont Racing 4 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF N/A 0 Fast Track Racing 10 Pontiac CHI SLM TAL 2005 DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 142nd 120 2006 DAY NSH SLM WIN 68th 485 11 KEN TOL Chevy POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF Bob Aiello 62 Chevy MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Chevy IOW 2007 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 45th 740 2008 DAY SLM IOW POC MCH CAY 42nd 700 47 KAN CAR KEN TOL 14 KEN BLN 48 POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM 15 NJE TAL TOL 2009 35 DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 44th 640 2010 DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH CHI DSF TOL SLM 32nd 855 15 IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF KAN CAR 2011 35 DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI MCH WIN BLN POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 31st 670 15 POC IOW IRP 2012 20 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE KAN 41st 495 35 IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF 2013 Tom Berte Racing 20 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH 31st 860 Chevy ROA WIN CHI NJM POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 2014 66 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN 33rd 705 20 CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 2015 DAY MOB NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH CHI WIN IOW IRP KEN 35th 690 Toyota POC BLN ISF DSF SLM KAN 2016 DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 28th 965 2017 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM 64th 305 55 CHI KEN KAN 2018 Fast Track Racing 10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT POC MCH MAD GTW 58th 375 Toyota CHI IOW ELK POC ISF BLN DSF SLM IRP KAN 2020 Fast Track Racing 12 Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM ISF KAN 82nd 25