Dillon W. Bassett (born April 2, 1997) is an American professional

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driver. He last competed part-time in the

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...

, driving the No. 77

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for his team,

Bassett Racing Bassett Racing is an American stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was founded in 2009 by Ronnie Bassett Sr., and last fielded the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro SS part-time for his sons, Ronnie and Dillon Basse ...

. He and his family team also previously competed full-time in what is now the

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly known by other names) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Races are h ...

. He is the brother of

Ronnie Bassett Jr. 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 a ...

, who also drives for and co-owns Bassett Racing.

Racing career

He is the younger brother of fellow driver

The two drove for family-operated

in the K&N series, owned by their father Ronnie Sr. Moving up to the

in 2019, Bassett made headlines when he ran into a sweeper truck at

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in July, relegating him to a 26th-place finish. In his next race at

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, Bassett came to finish 13th, a career-best in the Xfinity Series. After the finish of the LS Tractor 200 at

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, Bassett and Brandon Brown had a fight on pit road. 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. 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

finally managed to qualify for a race, as they qualified for the race at COTA last year with

Austin Dillon Austin Reed Dillon (born April 27, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet ZL1 and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet ...

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

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassett, Dillon Living people 1997 births NASCAR drivers Sportspeople from Winston-Salem, North Carolina Racing drivers from North Carolina