Dexter Bean

Dexter Bean
Dexter Bean
	Bean at Road America in 2017
Born	Dexter J. Bean; January 5, 1987 (age 37); Westby, Wisconsin, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
2009 position	63rd
Best finish	63rd (2009)
First race	2009 Pocono 500 (Pocono)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	31 races run over 11 years
Car no., team	No. 92 (DGM Racing)
2021 position	49th
Best finish	41st (2020)
First race	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2024Dude Wipes 250 (Martinsville)
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
	3 races run over 1 year
Truck no., team	No. 21 (BlackJack Racing)
2009 position	58th
Best finish	58th (2009)
First race	2009 AAA Insurance 200 (Dover)
Last race	2009 Copart 200 (Gateway)
	Statistics current as of August 17, 2023.

Dexter J. Bean (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief who 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 competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 21 for his own team, BlackJack Racing. 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

Early career

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;^[2] the team was named after Bean's father, David, used his winnings from a gambling trip to Las Vegas to start the team.^[3] After competing in late model competition at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway,^[4] Bean moved to regional touring competition in the Wisconsin Challenge Series and the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Series Midwest Division.^[2]

2005–2008: ARCA and Busch Series

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.^[5] Bean posted a best points finish of third at the end of the 2007 season.^[6] Bean also tested a Craftsman Truck Series truck for Germain Racing in 2007, but never made any starts.^[4]

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.^[7] However, he dropped to 11th in points that year.

2009: NASCAR Cup and Truck Series

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.^[8] Bean failed to qualify for races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway later in the year.^[9] 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,^[10] and for Tagsby Racing at Gateway International Raceway,^[11] posting a best finish of 17th at Milwaukee.^[12]

2015–present: Second stint in NASCAR

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.^[13] 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.^[1] 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]

Personal life

Bean was born in Westby, Wisconsin on January 5, 1987.^[2] He has type 1 diabetes.^[17] 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).^[1]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

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	^[18]

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	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	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT					129th	67	^[19]
2006	Spraker Racing Enterprises	63	Ford																																MEM 32	TEX	PHO	HOM	129th	67	^[19]
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	^[20]
2016		92		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	^[21]
2016		90																												KEN 23	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			54th	36	^[21]
2017		90		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	^[22]
2017		92																												KEN 38	DOV	CLT DNQ	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			64th	16	^[22]
2018	DGM Racing	92		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	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			81st	1	^[23]
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	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX					78th	7	^[24]
2019		92																																	PHO 35	HOM			78th	7	^[24]
2020		36		DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC 11	IND	KEN	KEN	TEX 33	KAN 35	ROA	DAY	DOV	DOV	DAY														41st	90	^[25]
2020		90																								DAR 30	RCH 31	RCH 30	BRI 28	LVS 29	TAL	CLT	KAN 16	TEX	MAR	PHO			41st	90	^[25]
2021		90		DAY	DAY	HOM 17	LVS 25	PHO 29	ATL 35	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA 27	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO			49th	52	^[26]
2022		92		DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA DNQ	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO			N/A	0	^[27]
2023		91		DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	POR	SON	NSH	CSC DNQ	ATL	NHA	POC	ROA	MCH	IRC	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO			N/A	0	^[28]
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			-*	-*

Craftsman Truck Series

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	^[29]
2009	Tagsby Racing	73	Chevy																		GTW 25	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	58th	282	^[29]
2023	BlackJack Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	TEX	BRI	MAR	KAN	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH	MOH	POC	RCH	IRP	MLW DNQ	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO			N/A	0¹	^[30]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series