Scott Lagasse Jr.

Lagasse in 2012

Born

January 31, 1981
St. Augustine, Florida

Achievements

1999 Top Gun Challenge Championship^[1]
2001 Late Model Series Champion^[1]

Awards

2000 Late Model Asphalt Rookie of the Year^[1]

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

61 races run over 10 years

Car no., team

No. 93 (RSS Racing)
No. 25 (Rick Ware Racing)

2016 position

27th

Best finish

21st (2009)

First race

2005 Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Phoenix)

Last race

2016 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	5	0

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career

25 races run over 5 years

Truck no., team

No. 14 (NTS Motorsports)
No. 02 (Young's Motorsports)

2016 position

88th

Best finish

37th (2006)

First race

2006 Racetickets.com 200 (Fontana)

Last race

2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	3	0

Statistics current as of November 18, 2016.

Scott Lagasse Jr. (/ˈlæɡəseɪ/; born January 31, 1981)^[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and part-time in the Camping World Truck Series. He is the son of former sports car and NASCAR driver Scott Lagasse Sr.

He is the owner of Scott Lagasse Racing (TeamSLR), which is located in St. Augustine, Florida. TeamSLR currently operates a Trans Am Road Race program, dirt late model race team, show car program and a NASCAR team. The team is currently building a new headquarters in St. Augustine.^[3]

Racing 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 and 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 and Late Models.

Lagasse made his Busch Series debut at the Phoenix International Raceway in 2005. He started 33rd while driving the No. 40 Dodge for FitzBradshaw Racing and he finished 40th after he was involved in a crash on the 81st of 200 laps. His best starting position in a part-time season was 18th at the Dover International Speedway, and his best finish was 22nd at the Milwaukee Mile. Lagasse originally was signed by Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2006 Busch Series season, Dodge wanted to keep him in their camp so it moved him to a third truck team at Bobby Hamilton Racing after Ganassi failed to secure sponsorship. He appeared in 10 races in 2006 for Bobby Hamilton Racing, with a season-best 18th-place finish at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. In 2007 he made two Busch Series starts in the No. 41 Juicy Fruit Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing, and he drove the No. 16 truck series Ford for Xpress Motorsports at Dover, finishing 21st. Lagasse drove the No. 20 Ford for JTG Racing in the first eight races of the 2008 truck series season; the No. 11 Toyota for 21 Nationwide Series races with CJM Racing in 2009, where he posted three top-10 finishes; and, the No. 43 Nationwide Ford for 14 races for Baker Curb Racing in 2010, with a season-best eighth-place finish at Phoenix. He drove his own SLR Chevrolets in 2012 and 2013, concentrating on both Nationwide Series races at the Daytona International Speedway and the season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, before making two Nationwide starts in 2014 and 2015.

Cancer survivor

In 2015, Lagasse had surgery for colon cancer. He used a bond with fellow-cancer patient Reece King, who fought a rare form of leukemia for three years. Both celebrated their remission by sharing the stage during driver introductions before the 2016 Subway Firecracker 400 Xfinity Series race at the Daytona International Speedway. Lagasse since has forged a relationship with Stand Up 2 Cancer.

Personal life

Lagasse Jr. was born on January 31, 1981 in St. Augustine, Florida.^[4] He attended St. Joseph Academy Catholic High School.^[5] As a student, Lagasse Jr. played basketball before graduating with a Florida academic scholarship.^[5] 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.^[5] He continued his education at Flagler College, where he pursued a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.^[6]^[7] Lagasse Jr. graduated with honors from Flagler College in 2004, despite competing in the American Speed Association (ASA) National Touring Series.^[5]^[7]

Lagasse Jr. 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

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	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	34	35	NXSC	Pts
2005	FitzBradshaw Racing	40	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO 40	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV 42	NSH	KEN	MLW 22	DAY	CHI	NHA 40	PPR 28	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	81st	299
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	41	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW 35	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 34	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	123rd	119
2008	CJM Racing	11	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV 31	KAN 20	CLT 13	MEM 24	TEX 25	PHO 20	HOM 37	59th	631
2009	CJM Racing	11	Toyota	DAY 43	CAL 12	LVS 9	BRI 13	TEX 16	NSH 10	PHO 32	TAL 8	RCH 17	DAR 22	CLT 32	DOV 27	NSH 11	KEN 13	MLW 16	NHA 16	DAY 18	CHI 20	GTY 33	IRP 37	IOW 9	GLN	MCH													21st	2194
2009	Smith-Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge																								BRI DNQ	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	21st	2194
2010	Baker Curb Racing	43	Ford	DAY 32	CAL 15	LVS 17	BRI 13	NSH 21	PHO 8	TEX 24	TAL 21	RCH 34	DAR 36	DOV 19	CLT 30	NSH 33	KEN 16	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	37th	1328
2012	Team SLR	8	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN 26	DOV	CLT	KAN 24	TEX	PHO	HOM 20			56th	62
2013	Team SLR	8	Chevy	DAY 39	PHO	LVS 20	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 21	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			57th	52
2014	RAB Racing	29	Toyota	DAY 26	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY 31	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			61st	31
2015	TriStar Motorsports	19	Toyota	DAY DNQ																																			74th	14
	TriStar Motorsports	10	Toyota	DAY 37	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI
	NTS Motorsports	15	Chevy															DAY 37	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2016	RSS Racing	93	Chevy	DAY 29	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW																						57th	28
2016	Rick Ware Racing	25	Ford															DAY 25	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			57th	28

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	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	NCWTC	Pts
2006	Bobby Hamilton Racing	04	Dodge	DAY	CAL 30	ATL 31	MAR	GTY 21	CLT 32	MFD 20	DOV 35	TEX 29	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM 26	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL 34	MAR	ATL 18	TEX	PHO	HOM	37th	741
2007	Xpress Motorsports	16	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV 21	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	90th	100
2008	JTG Racing	20	Ford	DAY 26	CAL 19	ATL 29	MAR 23	KAN 30	CLT 27	MFD 33	DOV 26	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	38th	665
2015	NTS Motorsports	20	Chevy	DAY 3	ATL	MAR																							89th	0¹
		31					KAN 8	CLT 12	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO
		0																								HOM 15
2016		14		DAY 9	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO				8th	0¹
2016	Young's Motorsports	02	Chevy																							HOM 22			8th	0¹

^* 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.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	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	ARSC	Pts
2006	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY 29	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN 34	TOL 19	POC	MCH 9	KAN 26*	KEN 11	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH 6	MCH 12	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI 3	SLM	TAL	IOW	32nd	1370
2007	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY 8	USA			KAN 1*	WIN	KEN 4	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	43rd	780
2007	Mark Gibson Racing	13	Dodge			NSH 4	SLM																				43rd	780
2008	Venturini Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	SLM	IOW	KAN	CAR	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	CAY	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI 1	SLM	NJE	TAL	TOL			82nd	240
2011	Venturini Motorsports	25	Toyota	DAY	TAL 8	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN	BLN	IOW	IRP	POC	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM							66th	345
2011	Venturini Motorsports	20	Chevy																		KAN 15	TOL					66th	345
2013	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	ROA	WIN	CHI	NJE	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN 27			73rd	350

References

1 2 3 http://www.teamslr.com/our-legacy/
↑ Scott Lagasse Jr. Career Statistics
↑ "St. Augustine planning board approves Lagasse racing headquarters on San Marco". The St. Augustine Record. October 7, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
↑ "Scott Lagasse Jr.". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports and Entertainment Network. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Driver Scott Lagasse, Jr.". Scouting.org. Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
↑ Coble, Don (September 20, 2012). "St. Augustine's Lagasse Jr. ready for return to NASCAR". The St. Augustine Record. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
1 2 "Racing Bio". ScottLagasse.com. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
1 2 3 "Scott Lagasse, Jr. & FDOT Bike Up For "Alert Today Florida"". West Orlando News. February 18, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.

Scott Lagasse Jr. to race for Boy Scouts

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Scott Lagasse Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Tommy Baldwin Racing

Personnel

Tommy Baldwin Jr.

Drivers

Sprint Cup Series	(7) Regan Smith / Ty Dillon

Crew chiefs

Sprint Cup Series	(7) Tommy Baldwin Jr.

Notable former drivers

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