Gus Dean

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. ==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. 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, where he set the fastest time between the two sessions held. It was later announced that Dean will drive for Nitro at Daytona and Talladega. He finished his Truck rookie season 15th in points. NASCAR Xfinity Series On August 19, 2024, AM Racing announced that Dean would pilot the No. 15 Ford Mustang at the 2024 Wawa 250. ==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 Camping World Truck Series Season still in progress 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 East CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) ==References==