Dillon W. Bassett (born April 2, 1997) 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 Ronnie Bassett Jr., who also drives for and co-owns Bassett Racing.
| Dillon Bassett | |||||||
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 Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018 | |||||||
| Born | Dillon W. Bassett April 2, 1997 Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||||||
| Achievements | 2013 UARA-Stars Champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 9 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2021 position | 108th | ||||||
| Best finish | 13th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Tennessee Lottery 250 (Nashville) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of December 28, 2021. | |||||||
Racing career
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He is the younger brother of fellow driver Ronnie Bassett Jr. The two drove for family-operated Bassett Racing in the K&N series, owned by their father Ronnie Sr.[1] Moving up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2019, Bassett made headlines when he ran into a sweeper truck at Iowa Speedway in July, relegating him to a 26th-place finish.[2] In his next race at Richmond Raceway, Bassett came to finish 13th, a career-best in the Xfinity Series.[3]
After the finish of the LS Tractor 200 at Phoenix Raceway, Bassett and Brandon Brown had a fight on pit road.[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. 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.[5] 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 Bassett Racing finally managed to qualify for a race, as they qualified for the race at COTA last year with Austin Dillon.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
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| 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 | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH 15 |
TAL | DOV | CLT DNQ |
POC | MCH 38 |
IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | IOW 26 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH 13 |
CLT | DOV 14 |
40th | 102 | [6] | |||||||
| Brandonbilt Motorsports | 68 | Chevy | NHA DNQ |
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| DGM Racing | 92 | Chevy | KAN 16 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 90 | DAY | LVS | CAL | PHO 18 |
DAR | CLT 13 |
BRI | ATL | HOM | HOM | TAL | POC | IND | KEN | KEN | TEX | KAN | ROA | DAY | DOV | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 52nd | 43 | [7] | ||||
| 2021 | Bassett Racing | 77 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | HOM | LVS DNQ |
PHO DNQ |
ATL | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT DNQ |
MOH DNQ |
TEX DNQ |
DAY DNQ |
DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 108th | - | [8] | ||||||||||
| DGM Racing | 90 | Chevy | NSH DNQ |
POC | ROA | ATL | NHA | GLN | IND | MCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Bassett Racing | 77 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL DNQ |
COA | RCH DNQ |
MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH 30 |
ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IND | MCH 34 |
GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN 29 |
BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM DNQ |
MAR | PHO 38 |
61st | 19 | [9] | ||
K&N Pro Series East
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Bassett Racing | 44 | Ford | NSM 6 |
GRE 16 |
BRI 18 |
IOW 20 |
LGY 13 |
COL 8 |
NHA 13 |
IOW 11 |
GLN | MOT 1 |
VIR | RCH 2 |
DOV 31 |
13th | 377 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toyota | BGS 16 |
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| 2016 | Ford | NSM 27 |
MOB 24 |
GRE 5 |
BRI 5 |
VIR 13 |
17th | 270 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toyota | DOM 22 |
STA 2 |
COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | GRE 6 |
NJE | DOV 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | NSM 24* |
GRE 8* |
BRI 21 |
SBO 4 |
SBO 13 |
MEM 9 |
BLN 17 |
TMP 5 |
NHA 8 |
IOW 20 |
GLN 9 |
LGY 13* |
NJE 7 |
DOV 14 |
8th | 450 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ford | NSM 25 |
8th | 448 | [13] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | BRI 16 |
LGY 4 |
SBO 17 |
SBO 8 |
MEM 6 |
NJE 15 |
GLN 21 |
GTW 8 |
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| Toyota | TMP 2 |
NHA 20 |
IOW 12 |
NHA 5 |
DOV 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series West
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2017 | Bassett Racing | 44 | Chevy | KCR | TUS | IRW | IRW | SPO | OSS | CNS | SON | IOW | EVG | DCS | MER | AAS | KCR 5 |
38th | 41 | [14] | ||
References
edit- ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (May 2, 2016). "Fire destroys Bassett Racing's NASCAR K&N Series team shop". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (28 July 2019). "Dillon Bassett's car runs into track sweeper in Iowa Xfinity race". NASCAR on NBC. NBC Sports. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ Albino, Dustin (21 September 2019). "Dillon Bassett Rebounds at Richmond for Best Career Xfinity Finish". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (March 7, 2020). "Dillon Bassett, Brandon Brown fight on pit road after Phoenix". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Bassett – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
External links
edit- Dillon Bassett driver statistics at Racing-Reference