Dean Thompson

Thompson started racing quarter midgets at age 5, later returned to racing at 16 after playing hockey, won the 2020 Irwindale Late Model track and state titles, moved into ARCA West in 2021, began his first full-time NASCAR season in the Truck Series in 2022, raced Trucks with TRICON Garage in 2023–24, and returned to Sam Hunt Racingfor a second full-time O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season in 2026.