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.

Ronnie Bassett Jr.
Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
NationalityUnited States American
BornRonald W. Bassett Jr.
(1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 (age 28)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Related toDillon 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 race2019 iK9 Service Dog 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 Credit Karma Money 250 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 27, 2021.

Racing career

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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

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

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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

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
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 35th 131 [7]
92 CLT
25
2020 36 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR
31
CLT ATL
19
HOM HOM TAL POC IND 50th 53 [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 59th 25 [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 65th 10 [10]

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Bassett Racing 04 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE
23
NHA
10
DOV
DNQ
RAL 35th 68 [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
11th 491 [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
15th 340 [13]
2016 NSM
3
MOB
10
GRE
3
BRI
19
VIR
5
15th 286 [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
3rd 518 [15]
Toyota GLN
6
NJM
5
2018 NSM
8
BRI
8
TMP
12
NHA
9
DOV
9
4th 487 [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

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2015 Bassett Racing 04 Ford KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO
10
49th 34 [17]
2017 Bassett Racing 04 Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
23
60th 21 [18]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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  1. ^ Albino, Dustin (September 25, 2019). "Eyes on Xfinity: Bassett Brothers Moving Up Racing Ranks Together". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  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.
  3. ^ "Sense of rejuvenation for Ronnie Bassett Jr., team with his first K&N win". NASCAR Home Tracks. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  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.
  6. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (May 2, 2016). "Fire destroys Bassett Racing's NASCAR K&N Series team shop". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  11. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  12. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  15. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  16. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  17. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  18. ^ "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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