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19 Facts About Stephen Nasse

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Stephen Nasse was born on May 5,1995 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Stephen Nasse last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No 09 Toyota for Jett Motorsports.

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Stephen Nasse is very infamously nicknamed Classy Nasse due to his short tempered nature and on track antics.

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Stephen Nasse grew up watching racing at his hometown track Sunshine Speedway.

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Stephen Nasse had his first late model win as a 14-year-old in the 2009 New Smyrna Speedway's World Series of Asphalt Racing, and moved up to full-time late model racing in 2010.

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Stephen Nasse won the Red Eye 100 late model race in 2012 and 2013.

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Stephen Nasse was running in the Pro Cup Series in 2013 when he caught pneumonia, keeping him off of the track for two-plus months.

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In 2015, Stephen Nasse spun leader Anderson Bowen on the first lap of the Rattler 250 at South Alabama Speedway.

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Stephen Nasse took responsibility for the incident but called it an accident, claiming that Bowen took an irregular line into corner entry, braking earlier than Stephen Nasse was expecting.

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Stephen Nasse won the 2017 Southern Super Series championship and claimed a victory in the CARS Super Late Model Tour season finale.

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Stephen Nasse switched teams from DLP Motorsports to Jett Motorsports in 2018 and followed the championship up with an early 2018 championship in the World Series of Asphalt.

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Stephen Nasse later controlled the last third of the race to win the Mobile 300 at Mobile International Speedway.

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Stephen Nasse spent $5000 to hire what he thought was a Roush Fenway Racing development pit crew for the race but had myriad problems with the crew during the day, losing spots on pit road and eventually returning to the track twice with a loose wheel, ending his day in a crash.

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Stephen Nasse, infuriated by the smirks he saw on the rented pit crew's faces, charged the crew after exiting his car over an estimated $40,000 loss.

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Stephen Nasse switched to a freelance schedule in 2019 instead of running for any one particular points championship.

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At Winchester Speedway, Stephen Nasse led all but eight laps en route to a Winchester 400 win.

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Stephen Nasse claimed that his former brake supplier, PFC Brakes, told technical inspectors to check the brakes, and the claim was not immediately refuted by PFC employees, although the company later released a statement denying involvement.

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Stephen Nasse blasted PFC for playing favorites within their customer base.

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Stephen Nasse has said that he originally aspired to be a high-level NASCAR driver, but that the organization lost its luster for boring racing, empty stands and vanilla personalities.