Gus Wasson

Gus Wasson
Born	(1974-03-28) March 28, 1974 Bloomdale, Ohio
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
51 races run over 7 years
Best finish	26th (2004)
First race	1998 Stihl 300 (Atlanta)
Last race	2004 Bi-Lo 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Gus Wasson (born March 28, 1974) is an American former stock car racing driver. Gus is the son of Paul and Kathy Wasson. He competed part-time in NASCAR's Busch Series from 1998–2004.

Busch Series Career

Wasson made his Busch Series debut in 1998, making a one-off start at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the #49 Hoiles Motorsports Chevy. Wasson qualified 17th and despite spinning out early on the 73rd lap, he stayed in that vicinity for the entire race, and he ended the race with an 18th-place finish.

Wasson qualified for five races in 1999. Running the #49 car again, Wasson went out again at Atlanta and did in his season debut as he had in his series debut: finish a solid 18th. Wasson made one other run with the team in 1999, this time coming at Lowe's, where Wasson slid a little to a 25th-place finish. However, the team folded without sponsorship and Wasson moved to the #96 Island Oasis Chevy the other three races. Wasson struggled to find chemistry with this team, only managing a best finish of 31st at Charlotte.

Wasson still, though, had the ride for the full 2000 season. However, Wasson only made three of the first six races, and the team split with Wasson, and it would later dissolve a few months later. Wasson only managed a pair of 33rds and a 35th in his starts, but did earn his best qualifying effort of his career at Bristol.

Wasson only made one start in 2001, pairing with the same Hoiles team he had driven for in 1999. The team, back together for one race, started it at Darlington. Wasson made it in the race at 35th, but struggled and finished in that same position.

Wasson made his lone start in 2002 at Nazareth Speedway, making his first start with ORTEC Racing. He started 42nd, but his day was very short. On the first lap, Wasson crashed and left the race before completing a lap in 43rd position.

Wasson is credited to nine races in 2003, a welcome increase to Wasson after some quiet years. He made three starts with ORTEC. He had a pair of 19th at Bristol and Nashville Superspeedway, as well as a 22nd at Kentucky. The other six came in Davis Motorsports's #70 and #0 Chevys. Wasson's best finish with them was a 29th at Atlanta.

Wasson had his busiest year in NASCAR was in 2004, when he once again split time with ORTEC and Davis Motorsports. For ORTEC, Wasson managed to match his best career finish: 18th in the season opener at Daytona International Raceway. After ORTEC began shutting down after Texas, Wasson moved to the #10 Race Girl Chevy for Davis Motorsports. Sadly for Wasson, many of the first races were to park the car right after starting, though Wasson did begin to run the full races later in the year. Once that happened, Wasson had a best of 22nd at Nashville. His last career start to this point came at Darlington, when he finished 28th. Wasson currently works at Merchants Distributors, Inc. in Hickory, NC.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1998	Hoiles Motorsports	49	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL 18	HOM DNQ				99th	109
1999				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL 18	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT 26	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR															73rd	358
	Petty-Huggins Motorsports	96	Chevy																					GTY DNQ	IRP DNQ	MCH DNQ	BRI 36	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 43	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM 31
2000				DAY DNQ	CAR 33	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR 35	BRI 33	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM			83rd	186
2001	Hoiles Motorsports		Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 35	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM		123rd	58
2002	ORTEC Racing		Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH 43	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	127th	-
2003				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI 19		TAL DNQ	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV DNQ	NSH 19	KEN 22	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI											56th	672
	Brian Weber & Associates Racing	84	Chevy						TEX DNQ
	Davis Motorsports	70	Chevy																									DAR 37	RCH	DOV	KAN 40	CLT DNQ	MEM
		0																																ATL 29	PHO 31	CAR 34	HOM 34
2004	ORTEC Racing	96	Chevy	DAY 18	CAR 29	LVS 35	DAR 31	BRI 35	TEX 40																													26th	2239
	Davis Motorsports	10	Chevy							NSH 33		CAL 36	GTY 25	RCH 25	NZH 26	CLT 24	DOV 33	NSH 22	KEN 35	MLW 28	DAY 37	CHI 29	NHA 24	PPR 31	IRP 37	MCH 26	BRI 40	CAL 31	RCH 36	DOV 28	KAN 28	CLT DNQ	MEM 26	ATL 31	PHO 31	DAR 28	HOM DNQ
		0									TAL DNQ

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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	ABSC	Pts	Ref
1998	Hoiles Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY	ATL	SLM	CLT	MEM	MCH	POC	SBS	TOL	PPR	POC	KIL	FRS	ISF	ATL	DSF	SLM	TEX 5	WIN	CLT 5	TAL	ATL	NA	-
1999	Petty-Huggins Motorsports	96	Chevy	DAY	ATL	SLM	AND	CLT	MCH	POC	TOL	SBS	BLN	POC	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL 28	ATL		130th	90

External links

• Gus Wasson driver statistics at Racing-Reference