| Eric Nascimento | |
| Nationality: |  American |
| Birth Name: | Eric John Nascimento Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Manteca, California |
| Total Arca Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca: | 1 |
| Arca Car Team: | No. 4 (Nascimento Motorsports) |
| Best Arca Pos: | 93rd (2023) |
| First Arca Race: | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 0 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca West Races: | 22 |
| Years In Arca West: | 4 |
| Arca West Car Team: | No. 4 (Nascimento Motorsports) |
| Best Arca West Pos: | 14th (2021) |
| First Arca West Race: | 2021 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) |
| Last Arca West Race: | 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) |
| Arca West Wins: | 0 |
| Arca West Top Tens: | 10 |
| Arca West Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | June 16, 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, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving for the same team.
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]
Nascimento is the older brother of fellow driver Ethan Nascimento. Outside of racing, he works as an equipment maintenance technician and fabrication specialist at Tesla, Inc.[1]
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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 West results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2021 | Bill McAnally Racing | 19 | Toyota | PHO | SON | IRW | 14th | 182 | [5] | ||||||||||||
| Nascimento Motorsports | 4 | Toyota | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | 40th | 68 | [6] | ||||||||||||||
| 04 | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 4 | Chevy | PHO | IRW | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 7th | 498 | [7] | |||||||
| Toyota | KCR | PIR | SON | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Chevy | PHO | KER | PIR | -* | -* | [8] | ||||||||||||||
| Toyota | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER | PHO | ||||||||||||