Bassett Scores First Career K&N East Win At Motordrome

Dillon Bassett and team celebrate in following his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win Saturday night at Motordrome Speedway. Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images for NASCAR

Dillon Bassett’s got his first career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win, and it wasn’t without drama.

The 17-year-old from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, scored his breakthrough victory in the UPMC Health Plan 150 in the series’ inaugural visit to Motordrome Speedway. In the process, he became the 100th different winner in series history.

To put his No. 44 Bassett Gutters Ford in victory lane, Bassett had to sit through two lengthy late-race red flags, and then fend off a fierce challenge from Winston, GA’s Austin Hill in the closing laps.

Bassett took the lead from championship points leader William Byron, who led a race-high 92 laps, on lap 94.

However, asphalt issues on the front stretch necessitated a pair of red flags and subsequent caution periods starting on lap 101. When the race finally went back to green on lap 120, Hill charged from third to first and it looked like Bassett’s first win would have to wait. However, he was able to maintain his momentum on the outside and wrestle the lead back on lap 125 before he drove away to a 3.357-second victory.

Fellow Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Rico Abreu mounted a late charge to finish second, while Hill settled for third.

Kenzie Ruston finished sixth, followed by Kaz Grala, Byron, Codie Rohrbaugh and Sergio Pena.

Byron’s championship lead shrunk to 12 over Heckert, while Hill is 28 points back in third.

Bassett was making his 10th career NASCAR K&N Pro Series start and his previous best finish was a sixth in the season opener at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway. He scored 16 Late Model wins last year en route to a fourth-place in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national standings. Bassett also earned the UNOH Youth Achievement National Award last year as the top NASCAR Whelen All-American Series driver 17-and-under.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East returns to the track with a road-course race, the Biscuitville 125 at Virginia International Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 29.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
Motordrome Speedway – Smithton, PA
UPMC Health Plan 150 – Aug. 15, 2015

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: William Byron *, Time: 18.048 Seconds, Speed: 99.734 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 5 mins, 48 secs Average Speed: 68.389 mph Margin of Victory: 3.357 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 19-22 (#94 Spin on Frontstretch – No FP); 27-30 (#42 Spin on Backstretch – FP #94); 33-35 (#94 & #7 Spin in Turn 4 – No FP); 46-48 (#94 Spin in Turn 1 – No FP); 101-120 (Debris on Frontstretch).  5 for 34 laps.
Lap Leaders: William Byron * 1-30, Dalton Sargeant * 31, William Byron * 32-93, Dillon Bassett * 94-121, Austin Hill 122-124, Dillon Bassett * 125-150.
Total Laps Led: William Byron * 92, Dillon Bassett * 54, Austin Hill 3, Dalton Sargeant * 1.  5 changes involving 4 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: William Byron * 437, Scott Heckert 425, Austin Hill 409, Dalton Sargeant * 396, Rico Abreu * 389, J.J. Haley * 381, Kyle Benjamin * 380, Kaz Grala 380, Nick Drake 371, Kenzie Ruston 325

* Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender