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Ethan Nascimento (born June 9, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports.
In 2023, it was announced that he and his brother Eric would run full time in the West Series in the No. 04 and No. 4 respectively for Nascimento Motorsports. He however ran only nine of the twelve races on the schedule, and finished twelfth in the final points standings with a best finish of eighth at Irwindale Speedway.
In 2024, it was revealed that Nascimento would return to the series at Madera Speedway, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports. After placing eighth in the lone practice session, he qualified in seventh and finished in third place.
Racing career
Nascimento first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in go-karts before progressing to the Mini Swift category in 2015 racing for SuperKarts USA on the National stage. After running in the category for three years, he would move to bandolero racing, bandoleros in the middle of 2018 while still competing Nationally in Karting with Superkarts USA and ROK USA. He would go on to win 8 races in Bandoleros in 2018-2019 between Madera Speedway and Las Vegas Motors Speedway. Winning the Las Vegas Road Course Championship and finishing 2nd in the Madera Championship for 2019. In 2020, Nascimento would race in Legends cars for Donny St. Ours Racing over 50 events traveling all over the country chasing the biggest stages. 2021 he would continue running Legends, again racing over 50 main events, while making the move up to moving to junior late models for his family's team Nascimento Motorsports. Where he would go on to win the rookie of the year honors after finishing fourth in the points standings that year despite only running limited events due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and his family Arca team schedule would conflict with changed dates. In 2022, Nascimento would move to the 51Fifty Junior Pro Late Model Series full time, where he would win five races and the championship at Madera, while also winning at the Stockton 99 that season. He also ran select starts in the SRL SPEARS Pro Late Model Series and the INEX Nashville Spring Series.
In 2023, it was announced that he and his brother Eric would run full time in the West Series in the No. 04 and No. 4 respectively for Nascimento Motorsports. He however ran only nine of the twelve races on the schedule, and finished twelfth in the final points standings with a best finish of eighth at Irwindale Speedway.
In 2024, it was revealed that Nascimento would return to the series at Madera Speedway, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports. After placing eighth in the lone practice session, he qualified in seventh and finished in third place.
Personal life
Nascimento is the younger brother of fellow driver and team owner Eric Nascimento. He currently attends Ripon High School in Ripon, California.Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(Template:NASCAR driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)ARCA Menards Series West
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