Ronnie Bassett Jr.

Ronnie Bassett Jr.
Ronnie Bassett Jr.
	Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018
Nationality	American
Born	Ronald W. Bassett Jr.; December 21, 1995 (age 28); Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Related to	Dillon Bassett (brother)
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career
Starts	67
Wins	1
Best finish	3rd in 2017
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	19 races run over 3 years
Best finish	35th (2019)
First race	2019 iK9 Service Dog 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2021 Credit Karma Money 250 (Atlanta)
	Statistics current as of December 27, 2021.

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.

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]

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

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]
2019		92												CLT 25																							35th	131	^[7]
2020		36		DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR 31	CLT		ATL 19	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IND																					50th	53	^[8]
2020		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	50th	53	^[8]
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]
2021	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	59th	25	^[9]
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

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			Toyota	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]
2014			Chevy													GLN 15		GRE 20		11th	491	^[12]
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			Ford	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			Chevy	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]
2017			Toyota											GLN 6		NJM 5				3rd	518	^[15]
2018			Toyota	NSM 8	BRI 8						TMP 12					NHA 9	DOV 9			4th	487	^[16]
2018			Chevy			LGY 11	SBO 6	SBO 4	MEM 5	NJM 3		NHA 14	IOW 16	GLN 10	GTW 14					4th	487	^[16]

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	^[17]
2017	Bassett Racing	04	Chevy	KCR	TUS	IRW	IRW	SPO	OSS	CNS	SON	IOW	EVG	DCS	MER	AAS	KCR 23	60th	21	^[18]