Gus Dean

Gus Dean
Dean at Madison International Speedway in 2018
Born (1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 (age 30)
Bluffton, South Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 15 (AM Racing)
First race2024 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
26 races run over 3 years
2021 position86th
Best finish15th (2019)
First race2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race2021 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
70 races run over 8 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish4th (2017)
First race2016 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race2024 Henry Ford Health 200 (Michigan)
First win2016 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
Last win2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 41 2
ARCA Menards Series East career
4 races run over 4 years
ARCA East no., teamNo. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish34th (2020)
First race2015 UNOH 100 (Richmond)
Last race2024 Atlas 150 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of October 8, 2024.

Gus H. Dean[1] (born August 19, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang for AM Racing and in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports. He previously drove in the series for Win-Tron Racing full-time in 2017 and 2018 and part-time in 2016, 2019 and 2020. Dean also drove for Mason Mitchell Motorsports part-time in ARCA in 2016, winning the race at Talladega that year. Dean also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series full-time in 2019 for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in 2020 and 2021 for Hill Motorsports.

Personal life

Dean is a native of Bluffton, South Carolina and the son of Charlie Dean, an HVAC company owner. Dean credits his grandfather, Charles Dean Sr., for inspiring his passion for stock car racing.[2]

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

2018 ARCA car

Dean began racing part-time in 2016 with Mason Mitchell Motorsports, scoring 1 win at Talladega in April. In 2017, he ran the full schedule with Win-Tron Racing, scoring a 4th-place points finish but lost rookie of the year to Riley Herbst in the season finale at Kansas. He returned to the organization in 2018, scoring his second career win at Elko Speedway and finishing 6th in final points.

In 2022, Dean made the switch to Venturini Motorsports. He is currently racing in the number 55 Toyota Camry. He won the season opening race at Daytona in 2024, his first with Venturini.[citation needed]

NASCAR Truck Series

On January 9, 2019, it was announced that Dean would drive the No. 12 full-time for Young's Motorsports in 2019.[3] He finished his Truck rookie season 15th in points.[4]

Dean chose not to return to Young's Motorsports after the 2019 season. On February 4, 2020, he joined Hill Motorsports in their No. 56 Chevrolet Silverado for the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.[4]

NASCAR Xfinity Series

On August 19th, 2024, AM Racing announced that Dean will pilot the No. 15 Ford Mustang at the 2024 Wawa 250. [5]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2024 AM Racing 15 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY
36 		DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [6]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2019 Young's Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY
15 		ATL
15 		LVS
22 		MAR
32 		TEX
29 		DOV
14 		KAN
14 		CLT
26 		TEX
32 		IOW
20 		GTW
19 		CHI
15 		KEN
25 		POC
14 		ELD
28 		MCH
13 		BRI
18 		MSP
17 		LVS
15 		TAL
20 		MAR
14 		PHO
20 		HOM
15 		15th 413 [7]
2020 Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY
26 		LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL
30 		KAN TEX MAR PHO 57th 22 [8]
2021 DAY
34 		DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 86th 3 [9]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2016 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy DAY
35 		NSH SLM TAL
1 		TOL
7 		NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW POC
15 		BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN
21 		26th 1060 [10]
78 IRP
9
Win-Tron Racing 33 Toyota KAN
25
2017 32 DAY
32 		NSH
23 		SLM
2 		TAL
6 		TOL
7 		ELK
5 		POC
5 		MCH
5 		MAD
9 		IOW
10 		IRP
6 		POC
7 		WIN
5 		ISF
11 		ROA
9 		DSF
3 		SLM
5 		CHI
14 		KEN
18 		KAN
15 		4th 4595 [11]
2018 Chevy DAY
25 		NSH
17 		SLM
7 		TAL
12 		TOL
20 		CLT
14 		POC
6 		MCH
4 		MAD
5 		GTW
6 		CHI
16 		IOW
20 		ELK
1 		POC
27 		ISF
7 		BLN
5 		DSF
18 		SLM
2 		IRP
10 		KAN
18 		6th 4295 [12]
2019 DAY
26 		FIF SLM TAL
6 		NSH TOL CLT
3 		POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN
10 		25th 705 [13]
2020 DAY
23 		PHO TAL
16 		POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI
12 		WIN MEM
11 		ISF KAN 30th 114 [14]
2022 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY
5 		PHO TAL
5 		25th 157 [15]
15 KAN
4 		CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH
5 		GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL
2023 25 DAY
35 		PHO TAL
2 		KAN CLT
15 		BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH
2 		IRP GLN ISF 29th 149 [16]
55 MLW
10 		DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL
2024 DAY
1 		PHO TAL
4 		DOV KAN CLT
6 		IOW
7 		MOH BLN IRP SLM
14 		ELK MCH
14 		ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 21st 222 [17]

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSEC Pts Ref
2015 Charles Dean 56 Chevy NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH
33 		DOV 64th 11 [18]
2020 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI
12 		FIF 34th 32 [19]
2023 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW
10 		BRI 39th 34 [20]
2024 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW
7 		IRP MLW BRI 44th 37 [21]

References

  1. ^ "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Shain, Jeff (11 February 2016). "Bluffton's Gus Dean on fast track to Daytona". The Island Packet. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Gus Dean joins Young's Motorsports for 2019 Truck season". Motorsport.com. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Christie, Toby (February 4, 2020). "Gus Dean to Drive Hill Motorsports No. 56 Truck at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Gus Dean makes NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for AM Racing at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Gus Dean – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "Gus Dean – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Gus Dean – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  11. ^ "Gus Dean – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "Gus Dean – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "Gus Dean – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  14. ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Gus Dean – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  16. ^ "Gus Dean – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  17. ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  18. ^ "Gus Dean – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  19. ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  20. ^ "Gus Dean – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  21. ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
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