Though Lagasse will be a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie entering the 2006 season he is no stranger to racing and victory lane. The son of early 1990’s stand out Scott Lagasse Sr. was raised around the race track for as long as the young lad can remember. He was just young boy when he received his first three-wheeler, which he rode around at the track where his father was racing. This led Lagasse Jr. to his next endeavor motocross racing and then on to karting.
The St. Augustine, Florida native burst onto the racing scene in 1998 when he won the first ever race he entered by sitting on the pole and leading the most laps in a modified car. Over the next three years he competed in 43 late model events pulling into victory lane 24 times and finishing in the top three 23 times, a very impressive statistic.
In 2003, he made the step up to the ASA racing series and immediately turned heads. He competed in six races and finished in the top five twice and top 10 four times. He continued in 2004 and proved to be a contender winning at Kentucky Speedway which caught the eye of Chip Ganassi. Lagasse’s contract with Ganassi landed him at the door of fellow Dodge competitor Bobby Hamilton who formed an alliance with Ganassi taking Lagasse as his rookie driver for the No. 04 Dodge Motorsports Dodge.
