Ronnie Bassett Jr.

Ronald W. Bassett Jr. (born December 21, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for his own 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
Nationality American
BornRonald W. Bassett Jr.
(1995-12-21) December 21, 1995
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
17 races run over 2 years
Car no., teamNo. 77 (Bassett Racing)
2020 position50th
Best finish25th (2019)
First race2019 iK9 Service Dog 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2020 Alsco 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of February 2, 2021.

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 on pit road at Dover 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 temporary 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] Over the course of 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]

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
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 DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO

K&N Pro Series East
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 PEN RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE
23		 NHA
10		 DOV
DNQ		 RAL 35th 68 [9]
2014 NSM
19		 DAY
23		 BRI
23		 GRE
2		 RCH
5		 IOW
8		 BGS
5		 FFL
9		 LGY
20		 NHA
6		 COL
11		 IOW
18		 VIR
17		 DOV
12		 11th 491 [10]
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 [11]
2016 NSM
3		 MOB
10		 GRE
3		 BRI
19		 VIR
5		 15th 286 [12]
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 [13]
Toyota GLN
6		 NJM
5
2018 NSM
8		 BRI
8		 TMP
12		 NHA
9		 DOV
9		 4th 487 [14]
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
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 [15]
2017 Bassett Racing 04 Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
23		 60th 21 [16]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
  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. – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  10. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  11. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  12. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  14. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  15. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  16. "Ronnie Bassett Jr. – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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