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

Racing career

As part of his early racing career, Bassett raced Bandolero cars, Legends cars and

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, often competing against his brother

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In May 2016, a fire swept through the Bassett Racing shop, rendering most of the team's

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equipment unusable. Bassett found reprieve with Calabrese Motorsports, who offered Bassett a ride in the team's No. 43 for the next race. In 2017, Bassett won his first career

K&N Pro 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 ...

race in the New Smyrna 175, showing strength in the late portions of the race. 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

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in March 2019, driving the No. 90 Chevrolet for

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. He returned to the team for the race at

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, where Bassett scored a top-fifteen finish after having to start from the rear of the field. 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. However, the races that they attempted for

, they failed to qualify. So they moved back to

. The only attempt that

has made was 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 ...

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.

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

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bassett, Ronnie Jr. Living people NASCAR drivers 1995 births Sportspeople from Winston-Salem, North Carolina Racing drivers from North Carolina CARS Tour drivers