Ethan Nascimento

Ethan Nascimento (born June 9, 2007) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports.

Racing career Nascimento first started racing at the age of five, when he raced in go-karts before progressing to the Mini Swift category in 2015 racing for SuperKarts USA on the National stage. After running in the category for three years, he would move to bandoleros in the middle of 2018 while still competing Nationally in Karting with Superkarts USA and ROK USA. He would go on to win eight races in Bandoleros in 2018-2019 between Madera Speedway and Las Vegas Motors Speedway. Winning the Las Vegas Road Course Championship and finishing second in the Madera Championship for 2019.

In 2020, Nascimento would race in Legends cars for Donny St. Ours Racing over fifty events traveling all over the country chasing the biggest stages. In 2021, he would continue running Legends, again racing over fifty main events, while making the move up to moving to junior late models for his family's team Nascimento Motorsports, where he would go on to win the rookie of the year honors after finishing fourth in the points standings that year despite only running limited events due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and his family ARCA team schedule would conflict with changed dates. In 2022, Nascimento would move to the 51Fifty Junior Pro Late Model Series full time, where he would win five races and the championship at Madera, while also winning at the Stockton 99 that season.

In 2023, it was announced that he and his brother Eric would run full-time in the West Series in the No. 04 and No. 4 respectively for Nascimento Motorsports. He however ran only nine of the twelve races on the schedule, and finished twelfth in the final points standings with a best finish of eighth at Irwindale Speedway.

In 2024, it was revealed that Nascimento would return to the series at Madera Speedway, driving the No. 21 Toyota for Nascimento Motorsports. After placing eighth in the lone practice session, he qualified in seventh and finished in third place.

Personal life Nascimento is the younger brother of fellow driver and team owner Eric Nascimento. He currently attends Ripon High School in Ripon, California.

ARCA Menards Series West ARCA Menards Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2023 Nascimento Motorsports 04 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR 12th 361 21 SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS Chevy MAD PHO 2024 Toyota PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO 24th 113 † – Practiced for Alex Malycke