Gus Dean

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.

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., team	No. 15 (AM Racing)
First race	2024 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
26 races run over 3 years
2021 position	86th
Best finish	15th (2019)
First race	2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2021 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
70 races run over 8 years
ARCA no., team	No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish	4th (2017)
First race	2016 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona)
Last race	2024 Henry Ford Health 200 (Michigan)
First win	2016 General Tire 200 (Talladega)
Last win	2024 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., team	No. 55 (Venturini Motorsports)
Best finish	34th (2020)
First race	2015 UNOH 100 (Richmond)
Last race	2024 Atlas 150 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
Statistics current as of October 8, 2024.

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	75th	1	[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. 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.

External links

• Gus Dean on Twitter
• Gus Dean driver statistics at Racing-Reference