Isabella Robusto

Isabella Robusto is an American driver who mainly races stock cars.

She was a member of the NASCAR Drive For Diversity scheme from the age of 12, being selected in 2016. After a long career in the junior stock car formulae, she signed a deal to race in ARCA in 2023 with Venturini Motorsports, but this was delayed due to her receiving a concussion during the last lap of a Late Model race.

In fact, she did not compete in any more stock car races in 2023, but made her debut in GT cars instead, racing a Toyota Supra in the Sonoma round of the GT4 America series. She was 16th and 20th in her two races, finishing well in the Am class. In addition to this, she did two rounds of the Toyota GR Cup North America.

She did some ARCA races in 2024, driving for Billy Venturini, and impressed during her four outings. She was second at Springfield, having started from 19th on the grid. This followed a sixth and a fourth at Phoenix and Elko. She started on pole at Kansas, but crashed on the first lap. In the Eastern series, she scored another second place at Nashville, and in the Western series, another second at Irwindale and a third at Portland. Out of six races, she finished four, always in the top ten.

In 2025, she did her first full ARCA season, beginning the year in the Venturini setup. The year didn't start very well, with mechanical DNFs at Daytona and Phoenix, but she made up for that with her first podium of the year, a third place at Talladega. Another couple of crashes followed, but she was back in the top ten at Michigan and Berlin, and the top five at Elko. Her second podium of the year, another third, came at Elko. She was third in the championship and took the Rookie of the Year award.

As well as the main championship, she did half of the East series. From three finishes, she achieved a third and two fourth places. A single outing in the Venturini car in the West championship, at Phoenix, led to another DNF.

Although her time with Venturini was very positive, during 2025 she took the decision to leave the team and join up with Rafa Racing, who were taking their first steps in to stock car competition. Returning to Phoenix at the end of the year, she was eleventh in her first race in the Rafa Camry.

Sportscars had not been forgottent in 2025. She entered the July rounds of the GR Cup at Virginia, on the same weekend as she raced in ARCA at Dover, flying interstate between the two tracks. She was ninth and seventh in the Toyota GR races and third at Dover.

She is an official Toyota development driver and also a mechanical engineering student.

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