| Birth date | August 19, 1994 (age 32) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Bluffton, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Total busch races | 1 |
| Years in busch | 1 |
| Prev busch pos | 75th |
| Prev busch year | 2024 |
| Best busch pos | 75th (2024) |
| First busch race | 2024 Wawa 250 (Daytona) |
| Busch wins | 0 |
| Busch top tens | 0 |
| Busch poles | 0 |
| Total truck races | 26 |
| Years in truck | 3 |
| Prev truck pos | 86th |
| Prev truck year | 2021 |
| Best truck pos | 15th (2019) |
| First truck race | 2019 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona) |
| Last truck race | 2021 NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona) |
| Truck wins | 0 |
| Truck top tens | 0 |
| Truck poles | 0 |
| Total arca races | 72 |
| Years in arca | 9 |
| Arca car team | No. 25 (Nitro Motorsports) |
| Best arca pos | 4th (2017) |
| First arca race | 2016 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) |
| Last arca race | 2026 Alabama Manufactured Housing 200 (Talladega) |
| First arca win | 2016 General Tire 200 (Talladega) |
| Last arca win | 2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) |
| Arca wins | 3 |
| Arca top tens | 42 |
| Arca poles | 3 |
| Total arca east races | 4 |
| Years in arca east | 4 |
| Best arca east pos | 37th (2020) |
| First arca east race | 2015 UNOH 100 (Richmond) |
| Last arca east race | 2024 Atlas 150 (Iowa) |
| Arca east wins | 0 |
| Arca east top tens | 2 |
| Arca east poles | 0 |
| Updated | April 25, 2026 |
August H. Dean[1] (born August 19, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Nitro 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
Dean began racing part-time in 2016 with Mason Mitchell Motorsports, scoring his first career win at Talladega in April. In 2017, he ran the full schedule with Win-Tron Racing, scoring a fourth-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 sixth in final points.
From 2022 to 2024, Dean raced part-time for Venturini Motorsports. He won the season opening race at Daytona in 2024, his first with Venturini.[3]
After not competing in stock cars the previous year, it was revealed in 2026 that Dean would participate in the pre-season test for the series at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 25 Toyota for Nitro Motorsports,[4][5] where he set the fastest time between the two sessions held.[6][7][8] It was later announced that Dean will drive for Nitro at Daytona and Talladega.[9]
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.[10] He finished his Truck rookie season 15th in points.[11]
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.[11]
NASCAR Xfinity Series
On August 19, 2024, AM Racing announced that Dean would pilot the No. 15 Ford Mustang at the 2024 Wawa 250.[12]
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 | [13] |
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 | [14] | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | [15] | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | [16] | |||||||||||||||||||
* 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 | [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [20] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [21] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY 5 | PHO | TAL 5 | 25th | 157 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Nitro Motorsports | 25 | Toyota | DAY 29 | PHO | KAN | TAL 3 | GLN | TOL | MCH | POC | BER | ELK | CHI | LRP | IRP | IOW | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | BRI | KAN | -* | -* | [25] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | [26] |
| 2020 | Win-Tron Racing | 32 | Chevy | NSM | TOL | DOV | TOL | BRI 12 | FIF | 37th | 32 | [27] | ||||||||
| 2023 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW | IRP | MLW 10 | BRI | 39th | 34 | [28] | ||||||
| 2024 | FIF | DOV | NSV | FRS | IOW 7 | IRP | MLW | BRI | 44th | 37 | [29] | |||||||||
CARS Super Late Model Tour
(key)
| CARS Super Late Model Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | CSLMTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Charles Dean | 56 | Ford | SNM 20 | ROU 24 | HCY 26 | SNM 27 | TCM | MMS 9 | ROU 22 | CON | MYB 13 | HCY | 24th | 87 | [30] | |||
| 2016 | 44 | SNM 13 | 10th | 146 | [31] | ||||||||||||||
| 56 | Chevy | ROU 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ford | HCY 14 | TCM 16 | GRE 10 | ROU | CON | MYB 2 | HCY | SNM 9 | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Dean Racing | Chevy | CON 9 | DOM | DOM | HCY | HCY | BRI | AND | ROU | TCM | ROU | HCY | CON | SBO | 40th | 24 | [32] | |
| 2018 | MYB 9 | NSH | ROU | HCY | BRI | AND | HCY | ROU | SBO | 37th | 24 | [33] | |||||||
| 2019 | SNM | HCY | NSH | MMS | BRI | HCY 21 | ROU | SBO | 49th | 12 | [34] | ||||||||
| 2020 | SNM | HCY | JEN | HCY | FCS 3 | BRI | FLC | NSH | 20th | 30 | [35] | ||||||||
CARS Pro Late Model Tour
(key)
| CARS Pro Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | CPLMTC | Pts | Ref | ||||
| 2022 | N/A | 57 | Chevy | CRW | HCY | GPS | FCS 9 | TCM | HCY | ACE | MMS | TCM | ACE | SBO | CRW | 41st | 25 | [36] | ||||
References
- ^ "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019". NASCAR. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ Shain, Jeff (11 February 2016). "Bluffton's Gus Dean on fast track to Daytona". The Island Packet. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Branscum, Benjamine (February 17, 2024). "‘This Is Everything’ Gus Dean Takes Home A Wild ARCA Season Opener At Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "ARCA Menards Series pre-race practice at Daytona: 2026 schedule, entry list, format and more". ARCA Racing. January 5, 2026.
- ^ "Daytona pre-race practice entry list for 2026". ARCA Racing. January 6, 2026.
- ^ "ARCA Menards Series 2026 pre-race practice: Complete results". ARCA Racing. January 10, 2026.
- ^ "Results: Pre-Race Practice at Daytona International Speedway (Day 1)". ARCA Racing. January 10, 2026.
- ^ "Results: Pre-Race Practice at Daytona International Speedway (Day 2)". ARCA Racing. January 10, 2026.
- ^ "Gus Dean joins Nitro Motorsports for ARCA return beginning at Daytona". ARCA Racing. January 21, 2026.
- ^ "Gus Dean joins Young's Motorsports for 2019 Truck season". Motorsport.com. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ Christie, Toby (February 4, 2020). "Gus Dean to Drive Hill Motorsports No. 56 Truck at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Gus Dean makes NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for AM Racing at Daytona". Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2026 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2015 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2016 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2017 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2018 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2019 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean – 2020 CARS Pro Late Model Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ "Gus Dean - 2022 Season Results - Solid Rock Carriers CARS Pro Late Model Tour". The Third Turn. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
External links
- Gus Dean on Twitter