Justin Boston Earns ARCA’s Highest Rookie Honor

Boston, driver of Venturini Motorsport’s No.25 ZLOOP Computer and Electronics Recycling Toyota Camry, dueled 18-year old Mason Mingus, driver of the No.32 Call Before you Dig Toyota Camry, in a highly contested “Rooking of the Year” battle lasting 21-events before finally being determined in the ARCA’s finale – Kansas Lottery 98.9 race at Kansas Speedway.

Humbled by his accomplishment, Boston joins an impressive list of ARCA Racing Series drivers who’ve won the prestigious rookie award. The list of former award winners include this year’s series champion Frank Kimmel, Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher, Parker Klingerman, Davey Allison, Benny Parsons and Boston’s team owner, Bill Venturini, who won ARCA’s Rookie of the Year award in 1983.

“It’s a huge honor to sit here tonight as the series’ top rookie,” said Justin Boston. “I can’t thank ZLOOP and Venturini Motorsports enough to justify what this means to me as a driver. This was my first full season racing in a stockcar and to come home with the Rookie of the Year title is just icing on the cake for an unforgettable debut season in stockcar racing.”

Not to be overlooked by his rookie award, Boston finished the season third overall in ARCA’s Championship points battle which was won by Frank Kimmel who earned his unprecedented 10th series championship.

We couldn’t be happier with the way Justin matured throughout the year,” said Billy Venturini. “He is very possibly the most raw rookie we’ve ever had come through our program and for him to accomplish this is a gigantic feat. I expect for him to be a serious contender for the 2014 Championship title.

“We are very grateful that we are able to supply him with such solid Toyota Camry’s week in and week out and a big part of that success comes from Joe Gibbs Racing Engines.”

Early season woes hampered Boston’s overall series championship contention but ultimately showcased his perseverance and development of a driver.

Boston, who started the season at Daytona with a disappointing 30th place finish after getting collected in an early race multi-car accident, rebounded nicely earning back-to-back top-10 finishes at Mobile and Salem Speedway. However, a second major blow to Boston’s chances came in event 4 of 21 at Talladega Superspeedway when once again being in the wrong place at the wrong time determined his fate on lap-34, thus ending his day with a 31st place finish.

Boston’s early season up-and-down results would ultimately stabilize as midway through the season Boston went on a 13-weeks stretch in which he had 12 top 10’s and seven top 5’s to climb into the SCOTT Rookie of the Year points lead.

Overall, Boston finished the 2013 ARCA season with (8) top-5 and (16) top-10 finishes in 21-scheduled events. He also earned two pole positions both (Spring & Fall) at Salem Speedway.

The SCOTT Rookie of the Year will be awarded at the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards post-season championship awards banquet in Indianapolis on December 14th.

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About Venturini Motorsports
Venturini Motorsports (VMS), fielding cars for over 30-years in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards, is one of the premier NASCAR driver development programs in the country. Multiple team championships and consistent on-track success, VMS has evolved into one of the most recognizable names in motorsports. Since 2007, VMS has assisted in the career development of notable NASCAR drivers such as Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Brian Scott, Kevin Swindell, Miguel Paludo, John Wes Townley, Josh Richards and Johanna Long.

In 2012, VMS and the Venturini family was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame and now find themselves enshrined with such sports icons as Joe DiMaggio, Mario Andretti, Vince Lombardi, Tommy Lasorda and Rocky Marciano, among others.

After nearly two decades away from NASCAR, 2013 marks VMS’s modern day return to the series with John Wes Townley driving the team’s familiar No.25 in selective NASCAR Nationwide Series events.

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