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.

Gus Wasson
Born (1974-03-28) March 28, 1974 (age 50)
Bloomdale, Ohio
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
51 races run over 7 years
Best finish26th (2004)
First race1998 Stihl 300 (Atlanta)
Last race2004 Bi-Lo 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Busch Series Career

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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

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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.)

Busch Series

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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 [1]
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 [2]
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 [3]
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 [4]
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 - [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
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

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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 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 - [8]
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 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Gus Wasson – 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Gus Wasson – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Gus Wasson – 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Gus Wasson – 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Gus Wasson – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Gus Wasson – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "Gus Wasson – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  8. ^ "Gus Wasson – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Gus Wasson – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
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