Wendy Venturini


Wendy Venturini is an American reporter for the Performance Racing Network. She works as broadcaster for NASCAR Cup Series races and sometimes as a pit reporter for races on PRN. She had been a pit reporter in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, and reporter for NASCAR Race Day. Venturini is a 2000 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In 2007, Venturini was one of the commentators for DirecTV's NASCAR Hot Pass coverage. With that on her résumé, Venturini is the first female play-by-play announcer in auto racing history.
On August 29, 2014, Venturini was announced as the anchor for the 2014 Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race for Performance Racing Network, becoming the first woman to serve such a position.
She is the daughter of two-time Auto Racing Club of America Champion and multi-car owner Bill Venturini. Her older brother, Billy Venturini, is also a driver on the ARCA circuit.

Personal life

She is married to Jarrad Egert who serves as the Director of Engine Track Support for Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity teams. They had their first child Caleb James on December 22, 2010.
On June 23, 2018, Venturini was struck by a vehicle while exercising near Sonoma Raceway in Northern California. She was transported to Marin General Hospital in Marin, California, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Doctors later diagnosed her with a skull fracture. Venturini returned to broadcasting in August of that same year.