Dillon Bassett

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Dillon Bassett
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Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
BornDillon W. Bassett
(1997-04-02) April 2, 1997 (age 26)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Achievements2013 UARA-Stars Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 3 years
2021 position108th
Best finish40th (2019)
First race 2019 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2022 Tennessee Lottery 250 (Nashville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of December 28, 2021.

Dillon W. Bassett (born April 2, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for his team, Bassett Racing. He and his family team also previously competed full-time in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East. He is the brother of Ronnie Bassett Jr., who also drives for and co-owns Bassett Racing.

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Racing career

Bassett in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018 Dillon Bassett NJMP.png
Bassett in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
Bassett on pit road in the East Series race at Dover in 2018 Dillon Bassett Dover.png
Bassett on pit road in the East Series race at Dover in 2018

He is the younger brother of fellow driver Ronnie Bassett Jr. The two drove for family-operated Bassett Racing in the K&N series, owned by their father Ronnie Sr. [1] Moving up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019, Bassett made headlines when he ran into a sweeper truck at Iowa Speedway in July, relegating him to a 26th-place finish. [2] In his next race at Richmond Raceway, Bassett came to finish 13th, a career-best in the Xfinity Series. [3]

After the finish of the LS Tractor 200 at Phoenix Raceway, Bassett and Brandon Brown had a fight on pit road. [4]

On February 2, 2021, it was announced that the Bassett brothers had split from DGM Racing and would be restarting their family team, Bassett Racing, which would field the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro full-time in the Xfinity Series that year. Dillon and Ronnie Bassett will share the car with the likely possibility of additional drivers also making starts in select races. DGM crew chief Nathan Kennedy also moved over with the Bassett brothers to their new team. [5] Dillon Bassett failed to qualify every race he attempted.

In 2022, Bassett and his team finally managed to qualify for a race at Nashville after suffering multiple DNQs. This wasn't the first time Bassett Racing finally managed to qualify for a race, as they qualified for the race at COTA last year with Austin Dillon.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2019 DGM Racing 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
15		 TAL DOV CLT
DNQ		 POC MCH
38		 IOW CHI DAY KEN IOW
26		 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH
13		 CLT DOV
14		40th102 [6]
Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevy NHA
DNQ
DGM Racing 92 Chevy KAN
16		 TEX PHO HOM
2020 90 DAY LVS CAL PHO
18		 DAR CLT
13		 BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 52nd43 [7]
2021 Bassett Racing 77 Chevy DAY DAY HOM LVS
DNQ		 PHO
DNQ		 ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT
DNQ		 MOH
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 DAY
DNQ		 DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 108th- [8]
DGM Racing 90 Chevy NSH
DNQ		 POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH
2022 Bassett Racing 77 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL
DNQ		 COA RCH
DNQ		 MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH
30		 ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH
34		 GLN DAY DAR KAN
29		 BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM
DNQ		 MAR PHO
38		61st19 [9]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2015 Bassett Racing 44 Ford NSM
6		 GRE
16		 BRI
18		 IOW
20		 LGY
13		 COL
8		 NHA
13		 IOW
11		 GLN MOT
1		 VIR RCH
2		 DOV
31		13th377 [10]
Toyota BGS
16
2016 Ford NSM
27		 MOB
24		 GRE
5		 BRI
5		 VIR
13		17th270 [11]
Toyota DOM
22		 STA
2		 COL NHA IOW GLN
Chevy GRE
6		 NJE DOV
23
2017 NSM
24*		 GRE
8*		 BRI
21		 SBO
4		 SBO
13		 MEM
9		 BLN
17		 TMP
5		 NHA
8		 IOW
20		 GLN
9		 LGY
13*		 NJE
7		 DOV
14		8th450 [12]
2018 Ford NSM
25		8th448 [13]
Chevy BRI
16		 LGY
4		 SBO
17		 SBO
8		 MEM
6		 NJE
15		 GLN
21		 GTW
8
Toyota TMP
2		 NHA
20		 IOW
12		 NHA
5		 DOV
10

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPtsRef
2017 Bassett Racing 44 Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
5		38th41 [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (May 2, 2016). "Fire destroys Bassett Racing's NASCAR K&N Series team shop". NBC Sports . Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (28 July 2019). "Dillon Bassett's car runs into track sweeper in Iowa Xfinity race". NASCAR on NBC . NBC Sports . Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Albino, Dustin (21 September 2019). "Dillon Bassett Rebounds at Richmond for Best Career Xfinity Finish". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (March 7, 2020). "Dillon Bassett, Brandon Brown fight on pit road after Phoenix". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ Christie, Toby (February 2, 2021). "Bassett Brothers to Share No. 77 Bassett Racing Chevy as Team Aims to Run Full 2021 Xfinity Schedule". TobyChristie.com.
  6. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Dillon Bassett – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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