Eric Nascimento
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 Nascimento at All American Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Eric John Nascimento Jr. April 27, 2001 Manteca, California | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 4 (Nascimento Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 93rd (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 4 (Nascimento Motorsports) | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2021 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 15, 2024. | |||||||
Eric John "Bubba" Nascimento Jr. (born April 27, 2001) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 4 Toyota for his own team, Nascimento Motorsports.
Racing career
Nascimento first started racing in go-karts at the age of six at the Little Stockton 99 Kart track. He continued in karting until age 15, winning dozens of races and several championships. At 11 years old, he began competing in the SuperKarts USA Series, running for Buddy Rice Karting. He got a shot at racing for his family team, Nascimento Motorsports, at the age of fifteen when he first ran in a junior late model. He won at Madera Speedway in his 4th Jr Late Model start, passing Jesse Love in traffic in the closing laps. He also won his first non-TV Pro Late Model race at Madera Speedway, edging out Matt Erickson for the win in his first start.
After a full-time campaign in that category, he progressed to pro late models, winning twice in the MAVTV Late Model Series at Madera Speedway in 2022 and 2023. He was also a Rookie of the Year contender in the SRL Super Late Model Series in 2019. In 2018 and 2019, he ran select races in the SRL Spears Southwest Tour Series.[1][2]
In 2021, Nascimento made his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 19 Toyota for Bill McAnally Racing after participating in tests conducted by the Bill McAnally Racing Drivers Academy. After starting seventh, he finished 14th due to a mechanical failure. He then ran multiple races during the rest of the year, driving for his own team in the No. 4 Toyota, and scored two top-tens, including a fifth place at Colorado National Speedway. Nascimento ran only two races at Sonoma and Portland International Raceway the following year.
In 2023, it was announced that he and his brother Ethan would run full-time in the West Series in the No. 4 and No. 04 respectively for Nascimento Motorsports.[3]
Personal life
Nascimento is the older brother of fellow driver Ethan Nascimento. Outside of racing, he works as an equipment manager at Impact Transportation LLC. [1]
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
(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 | 4 | Chevy | DAY | PHO 14 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 93rd | 30 | [4] |
ARCA Menards Series West
| 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 | |||
| 2021 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | PHO | SON 14 |
IRW | 14th | 182 | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Nascimento Motorsports | 4 | Toyota | CNS 5 |
IRW 9 |
PIR 11 |
LVS 11 |
AAS | PHO 32 |
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| 2022 | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR 13 |
40th | 68 | [6] | ||||||||||||||
| 04 | SON 7 |
IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 4 | Chevy | PHO 14 |
IRW 14 |
IRW 2 |
SHA 5 |
EVG 5 |
AAS 7 |
LVS 5 |
MAD 6 |
PHO 19 |
7th | 498 | [7] | |||||||
| Toyota | KCR 15 |
PIR 16 |
SON 23 |
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| 2024 | Chevy | PHO | KER 6 |
PIR | MAD 16 |
AAS 2 |
KER 17 |
PHO 21 |
17th | 180 | [8] | ||||||||||
| Toyota | SON 22 |
IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Get to Know ARCA West Driver Eric "Bubba" Nascimento, Jr". Kickin' the Tires. April 12, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Ethan and Eric Nascimento set for ARCA Menards Series West campaign with Nascimento Motorsports". ARCA Menards Series. March 7, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Nascimento – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
External links
- Eric Nascimento driver statistics at Racing-Reference