Gus H. Dean (born August 19, 1994) is an American professional

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driver who competes part-time in the

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

, driving the No. 55 and 15

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s for

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is t ...

. He previously drove in the series for

Win-Tron Racing Win-Tron Racing (formerly known as Country Joe Racing) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team merged into Truck Series team AM Racing b ...

full-time in 2017 and 2018 and part-time in 2016, 2019 and 2020. Dean also drove for

Mason Mitchell Motorsports Mason Mitchell Motorsports (MMM) was an American stock car racing team that competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 2014 to 2018. The team was founded in 2013 by Mason Mitchell, and veteran NASCAR crew chief Brad Parrott, and they last fielded ...

part-time in ARCA in 2016, winning the race at Talladega that year. Dean also competed in the

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full-time in 2019 for

Young's Motorsports Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Truck Series, they field three full-time Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 02 for Jesse L ...

and part-time in 2020 in 2021 for

Hill Motorsports Hill Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team is owned by Timmy Hill and Tyler Hill. The team currently fields the No. TBA Toyota Tundra part-time for ...

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Dean began racing part-time in 2016 with

, scoring 1 win at Talladega in April. In 2017, he ran the full schedule with

, scoring a 4th-place points finish but lost rookie of the year to

Riley Herbst Riley Dederick Kern Herbst (born February 24, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Campi ...

in the season finale at Kansas. He return to the organization in 2018, scoring his second career win at

Elko Speedway Elko Speedway, is a 3/8 mile Stock car racing, asphalt oval NASCAR-sanctioned race track located in Elko New Market, Minnesota. Elko Speedway is a track in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The track is located in the former Elko portio ...

and finishing 6th in final points.

NASCAR Truck Series

On January 9, 2019, it was announced that Dean would drive the No. 12 full-time for

in 2019. He finished his Truck rookie season 15th in points. Dean lost his ride at Young's Motorsports after the 2019 season. On February 4, 2020, he joined

in their No. 56

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for the season opener at

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Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(

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

ARCA Menards Series East

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Gus Living people 1994 births Racing drivers from South Carolina ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers