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 Bassett.
History Bassett Racing was formed in 2009 by Ronnie Bassett Sr., to allow his oldest son, Ronnie Bassett Jr., to race in the USRA STARS Late Model Series. Dillon Bassett, his younger son, would debut in 2011, and would later win the championship in 2013.
K&N Pro Series East
Car No. 04 history
Ronnie Bassett Jr. (2013-2018) The team made their K&N Pro Series East (now ARCA Menards Series East) debut in 2013, with Ronnie Bassett Jr. driving in three races. He finished 23rd in his first race at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, and would follow up with a tenth place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The team would run the full schedule in 2014, with Bassett getting three top-fives and six top-tens, finishing 11th in the final standings. The team went back to a part-time schedule from 2015 to 2016, finishing 15th in point standings for both years. 2017 would be the team's breakout season, as Bassett would collect his first career win at New Smyrna Speedway, after leading 42 laps. He finished off the season with eight top-fives and eleven top-tens, finishing their career best third in points. He returned for one more full time season in 2018, finishing fourth in points after getting three top-fives and nine top-tens.
Car No. 04 Results +Bassett Racing No. 04 CarNASCAR K&N Pro Series East resultsYearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516PtsRef2013 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 04 Toyota BRI GRE PEN RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE23 NHA10 DOVDNQ RAL 35th 68 2014 NSM19 DAY23 BRI23 GRE2 RCH5 IOW8 BGS5 FFL9 LGY20 NHA6 COL11 IOW18 VIR17 DOV12 11th 491 Chevy GLN15 GRE202015Ford NSM16 GRE8 BRI15 IOW2 BGS12 LGY11 COL5 NHA25 IOW23 GLN MOT19 VIR RCH24 DOV28 15th 340 2016 NSM3 MOB10 GRE3 BRI19 VIR5 15th 286 Chevy GRE4 NJM DOV262017 NSM1 GRE2 BRI22 SBO15 SBO14 MEM4 BLN5 TMP3 NHA3 IOW9 LGY4 DOV9 3rd 518 Toyota GLN6 NJM52018 NSM8 BRI8 TMP12 NHA9 DOV9 4th 487Chevy LGY11 SBO6 SBO4 MEM5 NJM3 NHA14 IOW16 GLN10 GTW14
Car No. 44 history
Dillon Bassett (2015-2018) The team would field a second car in 2015, the No. 44 being driven by Dillon Bassett. Bassett started off with a sixth place finish at New Smyrna, and a streak of top-20 finishes for the next few races. Bassett earned his first career win for the team at Motordrome Speedway, after dominating the race and leading 54 laps. He finished 13th in the standings that season. He continued running part time in 2016, before going full time in 2017. He finished his career best eighth in point standings for both 2017 and 2018.
Car No. 44 Results +Bassett Racing No. 44 CarNASCAR K&N Pro Series East resultsYearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314PtsRef2015Dillon Bassett44Ford NSM6 GRE16 BRI18 IOW20 LGY13 COL8 NHA13 IOW11 GLN MOT1 VIR RCH2 DOV31 13th 377 Toyota BGS162016Ford NSM27 MOB24 GRE5 BRI5 VIR13 17th 270 Toyota DOM22 STA2 COL NHA IOW GLNChevy GRE6 NJE DOV232017 NSM24* GRE8* BRI21 SBO4 SBO13 MEM9 BLN17 TMP5 NHA8 IOW20 GLN9 LGY13* NJE7 DOV14 8th 450 2018Ford NSM25 8th 448 Chevy BRI16 LGY4 SBO17 SBO8 MEM6 NJE15 GLN21 GTW8Toyota TMP2 NHA20 IOW12 NHA5 DOV10
K&N Pro Series West
Car No. 04 history
Ronnie Bassett Jr. (2015, 2017) Bassett Jr. made his K&N Pro Series West (now ARCA Menards Series West) debut for the team in 2015, driving in a collaboration race with K&N East Series. His only start that season would come at Phoenix Raceway, where he finished tenth. His last start would come in 2017, finishing 23rd at the Kern County Raceway Park.
Car No. 04 Results +Bassett Racing No. 04 CarNASCAR K&N Pro Series West resultsYearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314PtsRef2015 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 04 Ford KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO10 49th 34 2017Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR23 60th 21
Car No. 44 history
Dillon Bassett (2017) Bassett ran at Kern County Raceway Park in 2017, in a collaboration race with the K&N East Series. He would finish in fifth.
Car No. 44 Results +Bassett Racing No. 44 CarNASCAR K&N Pro Series West resultsYearDriverNo.Make1234567891011121314PtsRef 2017 Dillon Bassett 44 Chevy KCR TUS IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR5 38th 41
Xfinity Series
Car No. 77 history On February 2, 2021, Ronnie Bassett Sr. and his sons announced that they would be reviving their team, and would attempt to run the full 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with Ronnie and Dillon Bassett. The team failed to qualify the season-opener at Daytona due to qualifying being rained out. The team would DNQ for the next nine races due to combination of the number of entries per race and a lack of qualifying. Bassett Racing would debut at Circuit of the Americas with Austin Dillon being able to qualify on time, he would finish 13th. The team would fail to qualify for the rest of the season once again because of no qualifying. Bassett Racing plans to run 15-18 races in 2022. Dillon Bassett would finally manage to qualify the No. 77 at Nashville after a string of DNQs.
Car No. 77 results NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Driver 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 Owners Pts Ref 2021 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 77 Chevy DAYDNQ DAYDNQ HOMDNQ ATLDNQ MARDNQ TALDNQ DARDNQ DOVDNQ42nd34Dillon Bassett LVS PHO CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHOAustin Dillon COA2022Ronnie Bassett Jr. DAYDNQ CAL LVS PHO MARDNQ TAL DOV DAR TEX CLTDNQ PIR ROA ATL NHA POC36 IND GLN DAYDNQ DAR KAN BRI28 TEX TAL CLT LVS HOMMARDNQ PHO 46th 29 —*Dillon BassettATLDNQ COA RCHDNQ NSH30 MCH34
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