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Tom Berte
Berte's No. 20 car at Road America in 2013
NationalityAmerican
Born (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 80)
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Debut season2005
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.

Racing career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

ARCA Menards Series[edit]

(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 AMSC 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
DNQ 		SBO N/A 0 [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/A 0 [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 142nd 120 [6]
2006 DAY NSH
DNQ 		SLM WIN 68th 485 [7]
11 KEN
DNQ 		TOL
Chevy POC
14 		MCH KAN
19 		KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF
Bob Aiello 62 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 45th 740 [8]
2008 DAY SLM IOW
33 		POC
37 		MCH CAY 42nd 700 [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 44th 640 [10]
2010 DAY PBE
24 		SLM TEX
29 		TAL TOL POC
14 		MCH CHI
18 		DSF TOL SLM 32nd 855 [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 31st 670 [12]
15 POC
15 		IOW
27 		IRP
2012 20 DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
20 		WIN NJE
18 		KAN
18 		41st 495 [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 31st 860 [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 33rd 705 [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 		35th 690 [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 		28th 965 [17]
2017 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC
15 		WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM 64th 305 [18]
55 CHI
16 		KEN KAN
2018 Fast Track Racing 10 Chevy DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL CLT
19 		POC MCH MAD GTW 58th 375 [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 82nd 25 [20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Pit Lane on Twitter: "Tom Berte will return for 7 races next season -> Both Pocono, Michigan, Iowa, Chicagoland Kentucky, Kansas". Twitter.com. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Cole Custer writes ARCA Series history with Pocono win". Access WDun. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Contact Us". CGS Premier. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Tom Berte – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tom Berte – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "Tom Berte – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "Tom Berte – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "Tom Berte – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "Tom Berte – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  10. ^ "Tom Berte – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  11. ^ "Tom Berte – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  12. ^ "Tom Berte – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  13. ^ "Tom Berte – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  14. ^ "Tom Berte – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  15. ^ "Tom Berte – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  16. ^ "Tom Berte – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  17. ^ "Tom Berte – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  18. ^ "Tom Berte – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  19. ^ "Tom Berte – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  20. ^ "Tom Berte – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

External links[edit]

  • Tom Berte driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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