Scott Lagasse Jr.

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Scott Lagasse Jr.
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Lagasse in 2012
Born (1981-01-31) January 31, 1981 (age 43)
St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Achievements 1999 Top Gun Challenge Championship[1]
2001 Late Model Series Champion[1]
Awards 2000 Late Model Asphalt Rookie of the Year[citation needed]
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
60 races run over 10 years
Car no., team No. 93 (RSS Racing)
2015 position 74th
Best finish 21st (2009)
First race 2005 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix)
Last race 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
24 races run over 5 years
Truck no., team No. 14 (NTS Motorsports)
2015 position 89th
Best finish 37th (2006)
First race 2006 Racetickets.com 200 (Fontana)
Last race 2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 3 0
Statistics current as of February 20, 2016.

Scott Lagasse Jr. (/ˈlæɡəseɪ/; born January 31, 1981 in St. Augustine, Florida)[2] is an American racing driver who competes in NASCAR. He currently competes part-time in the Xfinity Series driving the No. 93 car for RSS Racing. He is the son of former sports car and NASCAR driver Scott Lagasse Sr.

Career

Lagasse Jr is a former member of Chip Ganassi Racing's driver development program. He has also driven in a total of 14 ARCA (Auto Racing Club of America) races in 2006, 2007, 2008 for Cunningham Motorsports and Venturini Motorsports, winning twice - Kansas and Chicagoland Speedway. In 2003 & 2004 besides graduating from College with Honors he was racing dirt cars and competed on a limited schedule in the ASA National Touring Series. In just 12 starts Lagasse racked up 8 Top 10, 5 Top 5 and a win at Kentucky Speedway. From 1998 through 2002 he won over 25 races on Dirt and Asphalt in Modifieds, Sportsman, Late Models.

Lagasse made his Busch debut at Phoenix in 2005. He started that race in 33rd position and finished 40th, driving the No. 40 for FitzBradshaw Racing. He only managed a best finish of 22nd at Milwaukee Mile and a best start of 18th at Dover International Speedway. Originally scheduled to run the Busch Series for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2006, CGR's lack of sponsorship caused Dodge to ask Bobby Hamilton to add a third Truck for a partial schedule for Lagasse to gain some experience.

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2009 Nationwide car

Lagasse Jr. was expected to run the majority of the races for the No. 04 Dodge in 2006 for Bobby Hamilton Racing. Kevin Hamlin and David Stremme both made starts in the truck so that they could get seat time. Lagasse made ten races before BHR sponsorship troubles forced him out of the ride. His best finish was 18th at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Lagasse spent 2007 driving two races for Ganassi Racing in the No. 41 Wrigley's Juicy Fruit car in the Busch Series, posting two top-fifteen qualifying efforts but failing to finish higher than 34th. He also drove one Truck race for Xpress Motorsports at Dover, finishing twenty-first. He signed to drive the No. 20 Ford for JTG Racing in the Truck Series in 2008, with sponsorship from The Nicholson Group, but the team closed midway through the season. He remained unemployed until late that season, when he joined CJM Racing. He raced for them in 2009 until he was released after Iowa. He drove the No. 43 (formerly No. 37) for Baker Curb Racing in 2010 for a limited schedule.[3]

In 2012 Lagasse returned to the Nationwide Series, driving his own No. 8 Chevrolet with sponsorship from the Boy Scouts of America on a limited schedule torwards the end of the season;[4] this was planned to lead into a full 2013 season in the series.[3]

Personal life

Lagasse was born on January 31, 1981 in St. Augustine, Florida.[5] He attended St. Joseph Academy Catholic High School.[6] As a student, Lagasse played basketball before graduating with a Florida academic scholarship.[6] Afterward, he proceeded to pursue an associate's degree in at the University of Central Florida, while competing in local off-road and asphalt races on weekends.[6] He continued his education at Flagler College, where he pursued a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.[3][7] Lagasse graduated with honors from Flagler College in 2004, despite competing in the American Speed Association (ASA) National Touring Series.[6][7]

Lagasse is a spokesperson for Florida Department of Transportation's 'Alert Today Florida' campaign, which raises awareness about pedestrian and bicyclist safety.[8] In 2015, he established a 60-mile (97 km) charity bike event at Daytona International Speedway.[8] The event, called Champions Ride for Bicycle Safety, attracts professional bicyclists, NASCAR drivers, and triathletes to support the 'Alert Today Florida' campaign.[8] He is married to his wife Kelley, and has one daughter, who was born in 2015.

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

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.teamslr.com/our-legacy/
  2. ↑ Scott Lagasse, Jr. Career Statistics
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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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