Laquon Scransen

Scransen at Computer Motor Speedway in 2023

Youngest TreatMyPC.com 150 winner in history (18 years)

Youngest West Virginia winner in history (18 years)

Youngest Michigan Road Course winner in history (18 years)

Youngest multi race winner in Ajax Cup history (20 years)

**Laquon Kentrell Scransen** (born January 5th, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full time in the ASCA Ajax Cup Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Dexter Andrews Motorsports.

He won the 2021 ASCA Craftsman Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in the ASCA. He became the youngest champion in the ASCA Craftsman Series. He was also the 2021 Craftsman Series Rookie of the Year.

## **Early Life**

Laquon Scransen was born on January 5th, 2003 in Compton, California. Scransen was raised by his aunt and uncle after his father was sentenced to life in prison. He was involved in a viral incident at the age of 9 when he stole his uncle's Mustang and drove 100 miles per hour plus on Interstate 5 in California before eventually being detained by police. The news story inspired Scransen's childhood hero, Randle Woods, to reach out to the family and invite the young boy to a Prejippie Cup Series race. Woods also set up Scransen with a year long karting membership fully funded by Ronnie Woods Motorsports to help keep him out of the streets. Scransen eventually dropped out of high school during tenth grade to fully focus on his racing career. He and his now deceased brother Savion Scransen used acts of criminality to begin to fund the bill for the racing equipment they would use once the Ronnie Woods Motorsports partnership ended.

## **Racing Career**

Scransen began by racing karts at Advocare Speedpark at the age of 9, eventually moving up to Bandoleros and later on late models. He won the track championship in all three divisions from the years of 2012-2015, winning a grand total of 27 races during that span. Scransen begun to catch the eye of many ASCA race teams due to his extremely aggressive racing style, which often led to many confrontations between him and other drivers.

In April 2016, Scransen was arrested for aggravated assault with a weapon in San Diego, California after a fellow competitor confronted him for wrecking him to win the race once the checkered flag flew. Scransen reportedly ripped the other driver's helmet off, hit him in the groin area with it, and pulled out a pistol, threatening to shoot the other man until law enforcement stepped in and detained him on the spot. For his involvement in the incident, Scransen accepted a plea deal that included 90 days behind bars as well as two years probation. He was released from prison in August 2016 after accepting said deal and posting bail. The next week, he would once again win at Advocare Speedpark.

**2020: Signing With Dexter Andrews Motorsports**

After an additional 51 victories at Advocare Speedpark and other local California short tracks, despite his assault charge and other numerous run in's with the law, Scransen was officially signed as a driver development prospect for Dexter Andrews Motorsports and also named to the 2020 ASCA Next Class. On May 14th, 2020, Dexter Andrews Motorsports announced that Scransen would drive the No. 11 Chevrolet full-time for the 2021 Craftsman Series, replacing Sylvester Lyons who was fired at the end of the 2020 season.

**2021: Tumultuous But Historic Craftsman Rookie Season**

Scransen made his ASCA debut in the Craftsman Series season opener, the NAPA Auto Parts 100 at Ajax Superspeedway. In that race, Scransen would lead the most laps with 18, but was turned by fellow Craftsman rookie Carson Schmidt while leading hard into the inside wall, leading to his first career DNF but still a 9th place finish. After the race however, he was fined $1K by both the ASCA and his sponsor LeafFilter for an expletive filled post race tweet directed at Schmidt. The following week in the Tudor's Buiscuit World 100 at West Virginia, Scransen would start in the top 5 but once again find himself in controversy after being involved in an incident with former Craftsman Champion Henry Brady, sparking another expletive filled post race tweet from the 18 year old, this time directed at Brady. Scransen would score his first career top 5 in the Disney World 125 at Blu-Ray Motor Speedway, but would follow that up with a 14th place effort in the Lilly Diabetes 100 at The Stoneyard, dropping him to 9th in the standings 31 points behind Sean Wooden.

On the morning of September 21st, 2021, Scransen was arrested for doing 118 miles per hour on Interstate 275 after a high speed chase with the authorities. Once he finally surrendered, the police searched the car and found a lethal amount of codeine cough medicine as well as an AR-15 rifle owned by Scransen's friend who was also in the car with him, Quantavious Adams. With Scransen already driving on a road license that had been suspended for six months due to numerous other speeding instances, he and Adams were both taken into custody until team owner Dexter Andrews stepped in and paid the $10K bail to get Scransen freed from prison. He faced criminal charges for reckless driving, driving with a suspended license and unlawful possession of a firearm but later had all charges dropped. The ASCA planned to suspend Scransen for a race for these infractions, but Dexter Andrews Motorsports stepped in and appealed the suspension, eventually getting it reduced to probation so he could still compete in the rest of the events that season and remain championship eligible. The team placed Scransen on their own probation until the TreatMyPC.com 150 later that year, making sure he was accompanied by a team employee 24 hours of the day and banning him from the use of social media until then.

Despite all of this, Scransen would win the pole for the Invesco 75 Lap Dash at Denver that Thursday, leading the opening 53 laps before a late bump and run from Jared Ayers relegated him to a 2nd place finish. After the race, Scransen would turn Ayers on the cool down lap but would receive no further punishment from the ASCA for his actions. In the GameStop 100 at Belltown, Scransen would finish 12th, racking up his 3rd DNF of the season in the process and sitting 6th in points, 23 back of Sean Wooden. After that race however, Scransen would finish no worse than 6th the rest of the season.

After finishing 2nd once again in the Pilot Flying J 100 at the Streets of Computerville, Scransen would finally score his first career win in the TreatMyPC.com 150 at Computer Motor Speedway, becoming the first rookie to ever win the most prestigious race of the Craftsman Season and the youngest driver to ever do so. He would follow that up with another victory in the Tinder 125 at West Virginia, a 4th place finish in the Axalta 100 at Blu-Ray, and his 3rd victory in the past 4 weeks came in the Nationwide 100 at the Michigan Road Course. That victory vaulted Scransen to the top of the point standings for the first time in 2021 with just 3 races remaining.

However, on November 15th, 2021, Scransen was a victim of a drive by shooting in his Compton, California hometown that nearly took his life. The shooting did claim the life of his 21 year older brother Savion Scransen, who was a passenger in the car and pronounced dead on the scene after multiple gunshot wounds. Laquon was nearly fatally shot in the shoulder, reportedly almost blacking out multiple times and nearly bleeding out driving himself to the hospital but ended up surviving and made a full recovery.

Even after all of this, Scransen still finished out the season strong with a 6th place effort at his home track Advocare Speedpark in the Body Armor 125, a 3rd place finish in the CanAm 100 at Ajax Superspeedway, and an impressive drive from 20th after a practice crash all the way up to 4th in the Geico 100 at Belltown, clinching the title by 12 points over Sean Wooden. He became the youngest champion in ASCA history at just 18 years of age as well as the first rookie to ever win an ASCA title, also scoring Dexter Andrews Motorsports' first ASCA title in the process.

**Ajax Cup Series**

On January 28th, 2022, Dexter Andrews Motorsports announced that Scransen would be promoted to the Cup Series for the upcoming season, replacing Caleb Henderson Jr. in the No. 42 after Henderson announced his retirement from full time ASCA competition.

## **Legal Issues**

Despite his notable aggravated assault charge in 2016, Scransen has also faced a bevy of other legal issues which include five speeding tickets between 2019 and 2020, which resulted in Scransen's California road license being suspended and eventually revoked completely towards the end of 2021.

Scransen was once again arrested on December 26th, 2021 for doing 140 miles per hour on Interstate 5, but was released on $25K bail. He currently awaits sentencing for that infraction which is scheduled to happen in January 2022.

## **Personal Life**

Scransen is expecting his first child with current girlfriend Savannah Davis around May 2022.

He also has expressed interest in pursuing a rap career, even dropping his first mixtape on December 17th, 2021 under the rap name "YoungMan Never Broke Again" titled "Glizzy Baby" exclusively on SoundCloud. The mixtape even includes a feature from fellow ASCA driver Ross Jackson.

He also recently signed a two year endorsement deal with both the Jordan Brand and FirstData, agreeing to appear in promotional ads promoting both companies that will air during the 2022 ASCA season.