Ethan Nascimento (born June 9, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports.
| Ethan Nascimento | |||||||
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 Nascimento at All American Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Ethan Nascimento June 9, 2007 (age 17) Ripon, California | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 113th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 12 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 21 (Nascimento Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 12th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of August 12, 2024. | |||||||
Racing career
editNascimento first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in go-karts before progressing to the Mini Swift category in 2015 racing for SuperKarts USA on the National stage.[1] After running in the category for three years, he would move to bandoleros in the middle of 2018 while still competing Nationally in Karting with Superkarts USA and ROK USA. He would go on to win 8 races in Bandoleros in 2018-2019 between Madera Speedway and Las Vegas Motors Speedway. Winning the Las Vegas Road Course Championship and finishing 2nd in the Madera Championship for 2019.
In 2020, Nascimento would race in Legends cars for Donny St. Ours Racing over 50 events traveling all over the country chasing the biggest stages. 2021 he would continue running Legends, again racing over 50 main events, while making the move up to moving to junior late models for his family's team Nascimento Motorsports. Where he would go on to win the rookie of the year honors after finishing fourth in the points standings that year despite only running limited events due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and his family Arca team schedule would conflict with changed dates. In 2022, Nascimento would move to the 51Fifty Junior Pro Late Model Series full time, where he would win five races and the championship at Madera, while also winning at the Stockton 99 that season.[1] He also ran select starts in the SRL SPEARS Pro Late Model Series and the INEX Nashville Spring Series.[2]
In 2023, it was announced that he and his brother Eric would run full time in the West Series in the No. 04 and No. 4 respectively for Nascimento Motorsports.[3] He however ran only nine of the twelve races on the schedule, and finished twelfth in the final points standings with a best finish of eighth at Irwindale Speedway.
In 2024, it was revealed that Nascimento would return to the series at Madera Speedway, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports.[4][5] After placing eighth in the lone practice session,[6] he qualified in seventh and finished in third place.[7][8]
Personal life
editNascimento is the younger brother of fellow driver and team owner Eric Nascimento. He currently attends Ripon High School in Ripon, California.[1]
Motorsports career results
editARCA Menards Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Nascimento Motorsports | 04 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 26 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 113th | 18 | [9] |
ARCA Menards Series West
edit| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Nascimento Motorsports | 04 | Toyota | PHO 26 |
IRW 13 |
KCR 8 |
PIR 23 |
12th | 311 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | SON 10 |
IRW 14 |
SHA | EVG 14 |
AAS Wth |
LVS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | MAD 14 |
PHO 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Toyota | PHO | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD 3 |
AAS 6 |
KER 10 |
PHO PR† |
24th | 113 | [11] | |||||||||||||||
| † – Practiced for Alex Malycke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Get to Know ARCA West Driver Ethan Nascimento". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan Nascimento". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan and Eric Nascimento set for ARCA Menards Series West campaign with Nascimento Motorsports". ARCA Menards Series. March 7, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "Entry list: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway". ARCA Racing. September 30, 2024.
- ^ "ARCA Menards West Series: 2024 Madera Race Preview". Kickin' the Tires. September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Practice results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway". ARCA Racing. September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway". ARCA Racing. September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Race results: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Madera Speedway". ARCA Racing. September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Ethan Nascimento – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan Nascimento – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan Nascimento – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
External links
edit- Ethan Nascimento driver statistics at Racing-Reference