Gus Dean

August H. Dean (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.

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.

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. 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 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 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 DAY36 DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 75th 1

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 Pts Ref 2019 Young's Motorsports 12 Chevy DAY15 ATL15 LVS22 MAR32 TEX29 DOV14 KAN14 CLT26 TEX32 IOW20 GTW19 CHI15 KEN25 POC14 ELD28 MCH13 BRI18 MSP17 LVS15 TAL20 MAR14 PHO20 HOM15 15th 413 2020 Hill Motorsports 56 Chevy DAY26 LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DAY DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL30 KAN TEX MAR PHO 57th 22 2021 DAY34 DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 86th 3

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 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 Pts Ref 2016 Mason Mitchell Motorsports 98 Chevy DAY35 NSH SLM TAL1 TOL7 NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW POC15 BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN21 26th 1060 78 IRP9 Win-Tron Racing 33 Toyota KAN25 2017 32 DAY32 NSH23 SLM2 TAL6 TOL7 ELK5 POC5 MCH5 MAD9 IOW10 IRP6 POC7 WIN5 ISF11 ROA9 DSF3 SLM5 CHI14 KEN18 KAN15 4th 4595 2018 Chevy DAY25 NSH17 SLM7 TAL12 TOL20 CLT14 POC6 MCH4 MAD5 GTW6 CHI16 IOW20 ELK1 POC27 ISF7 BLN5 DSF18 SLM2 IRP10 KAN18 6th 4295 2019 DAY26 FIF SLM TAL6 NSH TOL CLT3 POC MCH MAD GTW CHI ELK IOW POC ISF DSF SLM IRP KAN10 25th 705 2020 DAY23 PHO TAL16 POC IRP KEN IOW KAN TOL TOL MCH DAY GTW L44 TOL BRI12 WIN MEM11 ISF KAN 30th 114 2022 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY PHO TAL 25th 157 15 KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 2023 25 DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP GLN ISF 29th 149 55 MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 2024 DAY PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 21st 222 2026 Nitro Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO KAN TAL GLN TOL MCH POC BER ELK CHI LRP IRP IOW ISF MAD DSF SLM BRI KAN -* -*

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 Pts Ref 2015 Charles Dean 56 Chevy NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH33 DOV 64th 11 2020 Win-Tron Racing 32 Chevy NSM TOL DOV TOL BRI12 FIF 37th 32 2023 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 39th 34 2024 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP MLW BRI 44th 37

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 Pts Ref 2015 Charles Dean 56 Ford SNM20 ROU24 HCY26 SNM27 TCM MMS9 ROU22 CON MYB13 HCY 24th 87 2016 44 SNM13 10th 146 56 Chevy ROU21 Ford HCY14 TCM16 GRE10 ROU CON MYB2 HCY SNM9 2017 Dean Racing Chevy CON9 DOM DOM HCY HCY BRI AND ROU TCM ROU HCY CON SBO 40th 24 2018 MYB9 NSH ROU HCY BRI AND HCY ROU SBO 37th 24 2019 SNM HCY NSH MMS BRI HCY21 ROU SBO 49th 12 2020 SNM HCY JEN HCY FCS3 BRI FLC NSH 20th 30

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 Pts Ref 2022 N/A 57 Chevy CRW HCY GPS FCS9 TCM HCY ACE MMS TCM ACE SBO CRW 41st 25