Eric Nascimento
Nascimento at Madera Speedway in 2025
Born	Eric John Nascimento Jr. (2001-04-27)April 27, 2001 (age 24) Manteca, California, U.S.
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	93rd (2023)
First race	2023General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
29 races run over 5 years
Best finish	7th (2023)
First race	2021General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Last race	2025Madera 150 (Madera)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 14 1
Statistics up to date as of September 27, 2025.

Eric John "Bubba" Nascimento Jr. (born April 27, 2001) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who last competed part-time in theARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 4Toyota for his own team,Nascimento Motorsports.

Nascimento first started racing in go-karts at the age of six at the Little Stockton 99 Kart track. He continued in karting until the age of fifteen, winning dozens of races and several championships. At eleven 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 fourth Jr Late Model start, passingJesse 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 hisARCA Menards Series West debut atSonoma Raceway, driving the No. 19Toyota forBill McAnally Racing after participating in tests conducted by the Bill McAnally Racing Drivers Academy. After starting seventh, he finished fourteenth due to a mechanical failure. He then ran multiple races during the rest of the year, driving for his own team in the No. 4Toyota, and scored two top-tens, including a fifth place atColorado National Speedway. Nascimento ran only two races at Sonoma andPortland 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 forNascimento Motorsports.^[3]

Nascimento is the older brother of fellow driverEthan Nascimento. Outside of racing, he works as an equipment manager at Impact Transportation LLC.^[1]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

• Eric Nascimento driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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• Racing drivers from San Joaquin County, California
• 2001 births
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