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Dexter Bean
Bean at Road America in 2017
BornDexter John Bean
(1987-01-05) January 5, 1987 (age 37)
Westby, Wisconsin, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2009 position63rd
Best finish63rd (2009)
First race2009 Pocono 500 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
31 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 92 (DGM Racing)
2021 position49th
Best finish41st (2020)
First race2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race2024 Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
4 races run over 2 years
Truck no., teamNo. 02 (Young's Motorsports)
2009 position58th
Best finish58th (2009)
First race2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last race2024 LiUNA! 175 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
70 races run over 4 years
Best finish3rd (2007)
First race2005 Advance Discount Auto Parts 200 (Daytona)
Last race2008 Hantz Group 200 by Belle Tire & Federated Car Care (Toledo)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 23 1
Statistics current as of August 25, 2024.

Dexter John Bean (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 92 Chevrolet Camaro SS for DGM Racing, and also crew chiefs for the team on occasion. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. He has also previously competed part-time in both the NASCAR Cup Series in 2009. Prior to competing in those series, he ran full-time for three years (as well as part-time in a fourth) in what is now the ARCA Menards Series, where he finished third in the standings in 2007.

Racing career

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Early career

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Bean began his racing career at age 10 in go-karts, and switched to stock cars at the age of 16, driving for family-owned BlackJack Racing;[1] the team was named after Bean's father, David, used his winnings from a gambling trip to Las Vegas to start the team.[2] After competing in late model competition at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway,[3] Bean moved to regional touring competition in the Wisconsin Challenge Series and the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Series Midwest Division.[1]

2005–2008: ARCA and Busch Series

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Bean made his debut in what was then the ARCA Re/Max Series in the season-opener at Daytona in 2005, driving for Andy Hillenburg in his No. 10 Fast Track Racing Enterprises Pontiac. Later in the year, his family would start their own team, BlackJack Racing, and Bean competed for them between 2005 and 2007.[4] Bean posted a best points finish of third at the end of the 2007 season.[5] Bean also tested a Craftsman Truck Series truck for Germain Racing in 2007, but never made any starts.[3]

Having run a single Busch Series race for Spraker Racing Enterprises in 2006, Bean rejoined Spraker's team for the 2008 ARCA season, driving the No. 37 Glock Chevrolet.[6] However, he dropped to 11th in points that year.

2009: NASCAR Cup and Truck Series

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For the 2009 season, Bean moved to the Sprint Cup Series with his family-owned team, attempting to run for the series' Rookie of the Year award. After failing to qualify for races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway, Bean qualified the No. 51 Dodge for the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway, starting 41st and finishing 36th, four laps behind race winner Tony Stewart.[7] Bean failed to qualify for races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway later in the year.[8] Bean also ran three Craftsman Truck Series races in 2009, driving trucks for Mario Gosselin in events at Dover International Speedway and The Milwaukee Mile,[9] and for Tagsby Racing at Gateway International Raceway,[10] posting a best finish of 17th at Milwaukee.[11]

2015–present: Second stint in NASCAR

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Bean's 2017 Xfinity Series car at Road America, his home track
Bean's 2019 Road America car

After being without a ride in any NASCAR series for five years (2010 through 2014), Bean returned to the sport in 2015, driving the No. 92 for Mario Gosselin's team in what became the Xfinity Series at the season-opening race at Daytona.[12] Martin Roy was originally supposed to drive that car that weekend, but was injured in a skiing accident over the offseason, so Gosselin called up Bean, the husband of his wife's sister, to drive his second car.[13] Bean had previously driven for Gosselin's team part-time in 2009 in the Truck Series when they fielded an entry, the No. 12 truck, in that series. He made his second attempt of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but failed to qualify. However, Bean was called to replace Joey Gase in the No. 52 Jimmy Means Racing Chevy after Gase suffered food poisoning prior to the race; Gase started the race, and Bean took over during the event.[14]

In 2019, Bean announced his return to Xfinity competition at Road America. driving the DGM Racing No. 90 Chevrolet.[15]

On August 17, 2023, it was revealed that Bean would attempt to qualify for the Truck Series race at Milwaukee, driving a No. 21 truck for his own team, BlackJack Racing, in the team's first attempt in a NASCAR race since 2009 when it fielded a part-time Cup Series entry. Bean also ran the last Truck Series race at Milwaukee (which is in his home state of Wisconsin) in 2009, which was also the last year he ran a Truck Series race.[16]

On August 20, 2024, Young's Motorsports announced that Bean drove the No. 02 Silverado at the Milwaukee Mile.[17]

Personal life

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Bean was born in Westby, Wisconsin on January 5, 1987.[1] He has type 1 diabetes.[18] Bean is married to Misty. Together they have two daughters, Marley Mae, born in November 2013, and Moxley Drew, born in November 2015.[citation needed] Bean is also the brother-in-law of Mario Gosselin, who he has driven for part-time in both the Truck (2009) and Xfinity Series (since 2015).[13]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

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NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2009 BlackJack Racing 51 Dodge DAY CAL LVS
DNQ
ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO
DNQ
TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC
36
MCH SON NHA
DNQ
DAY CHI
DNQ
IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA
DNQ
DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 63rd 55 [19]

Xfinity Series

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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 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2006 Jay Robinson Racing 49 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTW IRP GLN MCH
DNQ
BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT 129th 67 [20]
Spraker Racing Enterprises 63 Ford MEM
32
TEX PHO HOM
2015 King Autosport 92 Chevy DAY
40
ATL LVS
DNQ
PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY
40
KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI
39
KEN DOV
38
CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 71st 19 [21]
2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW
36
DAY KEN
36
NHA IND IOW
DNQ
GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR
38
RCH CHI
36
54th 36 [22]
90 KEN
23
DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2017 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW
33
DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
26
DAR RCH CHI 64th 16 [23]
92 KEN
38
DOV CLT
DNQ
KAN TEX PHO HOM
2018 DGM Racing DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW
36
GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 81st 1 [24]
2019 90 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
32
DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX 78th 7 [25]
92 PHO
35
HOM
2020 36 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC
11
IRC KEN KEN TEX
33
KAN
35
ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY 41st 90 [26]
90 DAR
30
RCH
31
RCH
30
BRI
28
LVS
29
TAL ROV KAN
16
TEX MAR PHO
2021 DAY DRC HOM
17
LVS
25
PHO
29
ATL
35
MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA
27
GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 49th 52 [27]
2022 92 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA
DNQ
ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 0 [28]
2023 91 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC
DNQ
ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A 0 [29]
2024 92 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR
20
TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [30]

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2009 DGM Racing 12 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
27
TEX MCH MLW
17
MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW 58th 282 [31]
Tagsby Racing 73 Chevy GTW
25
NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM
2023 BlackJack Racing 21 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW
DNQ
KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO N/A 01 [32]
2024 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW
30
BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO -* -* [33]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARMC Pts Ref
2005 Fast Track Racing 10 Pontiac DAY
25
NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH 54th 635 [34]
BlackJack Racing 05 Chevy MCH
9
ISF TOL DSF CHI
14
SLM
Pontiac TAL
10
2006 6 Chevy DAY
DNQ
NSH
15
SLM
33
WIN
23
KEN
12
TOL
24
POC
36
MCH
35
KAN
28
KEN
38
BLN
12
POC
4
GTW
13
NSH
35
MCH
9
ISF
13
MIL
35
TOL
24
DSF
29
CHI
4
SLM
11
TAL
10
IOW
7
12th 4115 [35]
2007 DAY
16
USA
28
NSH
9
SLM
2
KAN
10
WIN
8
KEN
15
TOL
17
IOW
11
POC
2
MCH
12
BLN
15
KEN
20
POC
7
NSH
7
ISF
5
MIL
8
GTW
33
DSF
11
CHI
7
SLM
34
TAL
26
TOL
34
3rd 4890 [36]
2008 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy DAY
22
SLM
22
IOW
35
KAN
19
CAR
11
KEN
22
TOL
3
POC
7
MCH
9
CAY
4
KEN
23
BLN
16
POC
33
NSH
18
ISF
32
DSF
4
CHI
27
SLM
3
NJE
14
TAL
24
TOL
21
11th 4285 [37]

References

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