Dillon Bassett
Dillon Bassett (born April 2, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 90 Chevrolet Camaro for DGM Racing.
Dillon Bassett | |||||||
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Bassett at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018 | |||||||
Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | April 2, 1997||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
8 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 90 (DGM Racing) | ||||||
2019 position | 40th | ||||||
Best finish | 40th (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2019 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Alsco 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 25, 2020. |
Racing career
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]
Images
- NASCAR K&N Pro Series East car at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2018.
- On track at Dover International Speedway in 2018.
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | [5] | |||||||
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 | TEX | DOV | MOH | MCH | CHI | POC | IND | KEN | NHA | ROA | GLN | DOV | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | CLT | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [6] |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toyota | BGS 16 |
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2016 | Ford | NSM 27 |
MOB 24 |
GRE 5 |
BRI 5 |
VIR 13 |
17th | 270 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | [9] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Ford | NSM 25 |
8th | 448 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
References
- 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.
- "Dillon Bassett – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- "Dillon Bassett – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- "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
- Dillon Bassett driver statistics at Racing-Reference