Ronnie Bassett Jr.

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Ronnie Bassett Jr.
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Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornRonald W. Bassett Jr.
(1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 (age 28)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Related to Dillon Bassett (brother)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career
Starts67
Wins1
Best finish3rd in 2017
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
19 races run over 3 years
Best finish35th (2019)
First race 2019 iK9 Service Dog 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2021 Credit Karma Money 250 (Atlanta)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of December 27, 2021.

Ronald W. Bassett Jr. (born December 21, 1995) 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 Dillon Bassett, who also drives for and co-owns Bassett Racing.

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Racing career

As part of his early racing career, Bassett raced Bandolero cars, Legends cars and late models, often competing against his brother Dillon. [1]

Bassett racing at Dover International Speedway in 2018 Ronnie Bassett Jr. Dover 2018.jpg
Bassett racing at Dover International Speedway in 2018

In May 2016, a fire swept through the Bassett Racing shop, rendering most of the team's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East equipment unusable. Bassett found reprieve with Calabrese Motorsports, who offered Bassett a ride in the team's No. 43 for the next race. [2]

In 2017, Bassett won his first career K&N Pro Series East race in the New Smyrna 175, showing strength in the late portions of the race. [3] Throughout his time in the East Series, Ronnie would amass 67 starts (with all but two coming for his family team) and one win.

Bassett made his Xfinity Series debut at ISM Raceway in March 2019, driving the No. 90 Chevrolet for DGM Racing. He returned to the team for the race at Texas Motor Speedway, where Bassett scored a top-fifteen finish after having to start from the rear of the field. [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. Ronnie and Dillon 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] However, the races that they attempted for Bassett Racing, they failed to qualify. So they moved back to DGM Racing. The only attempt that Bassett Racing has made was with Austin Dillon at the Pit Boss 250.

Personal life

Bassett's younger brother Dillon also competes in NASCAR. The two raced together for family-operated Bassett Racing in the NASCAR K&N series, owned by their father Ronnie Sr. [6]

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
32		 CAL TEX
15		 BRI RCH TAL DOV
25		 POC
21		 MCH IOW
24		 CHI
30		 DAY KEN
29		 NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI
33		 ROA DAR IND
15		 LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX
31		 PHO
33		 HOM 35th131 [7]
92 CLT
25
2020 36 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR
31		 CLT ATL
19		 HOM HOM TAL POC IND 50th53 [8]
90 BRI
31		 KEN
19		 KEN
32		 TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO
2021 Bassett Racing 77 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 DAY
DNQ		 HOM
DNQ		 LVS PHO ATL
DNQ		 MAR
DNQ		 TAL
DNQ		 DAR
DNQ		 DOV
DNQ		 COA CLT MOH 59th25 [9]
DGM Racing 90 Chevy TEX
22		 NSH POC ROA ATL
27		 NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO
2022 Bassett Racing 77 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR
DNQ		 TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT
DNQ		 PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC
36		 IND MCH GLN DAY
DNQ		 DAR KAN BRI
28		 TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR
DNQ		 PHO 65th10 [10]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516NKNPSECPtsRef
2013 Bassett Racing 04 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE
23		 NHA
10		 DOV
DNQ		 RAL 35th68 [11]
2014 NSM
19		 DAY
23		 BRI
23		 GRE
2		 RCH
5		 IOW
8		 BGS
5		 FIF
9		 LGY
20		 NHA
6		 COL
11		 IOW
18		 VIR
17		 DOV
12		11th491 [12]
Chevy GLN
15		 GRE
20
2015 Ford NSM
16		 GRE
8		 BRI
15		 IOW
2		 BGS
12		 LGY
11		 COL
5		 NHA
25		 IOW
23		 GLN MOT
19		 VIR RCH
24		 DOV
28		15th340 [13]
2016 NSM
3		 MOB
10		 GRE
3		 BRI
19		 VIR
5		15th286 [14]
Calabrese Motorsports 43 Ford DOM
19		 STA
21		 COL NHA IOW GLN
Bassett Racing 04 Chevy GRE
4		 NJM DOV
26
2017 NSM
1		 GRE
2		 BRI
22		 SBO
15		 SBO
14		 MEM
4		 BLN
5		 TMP
3		 NHA
3		 IOW
9		 LGY
4		 DOV
9		3rd518 [15]
Toyota GLN
6		 NJM
5
2018 NSM
8		 BRI
8		 TMP
12		 NHA
9		 DOV
9		4th487 [16]
Chevy LGY
11		 SBO
6		 SBO
4		 MEM
5		 NJM
3		 NHA
14		 IOW
16		 GLN
10		 GTW
14

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPtsRef
2015 Bassett Racing 04 Ford KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
10		49th34 [17]
2017 Bassett Racing 04 Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
23		60th21 [18]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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References

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  2. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (24 May 2016). "Report: K&N East driver loans car to Ronnie Bassett Jr. after team's shop fire". NASCAR on NBC . Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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  4. ↑ Utter, Jim. "Kyle Busch holds off Tyler Reddick to take Texas Xfinity win". Motorsport. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  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.
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  10. ↑ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
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