Gus Wasson

American NASCAR driver

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.

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.

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

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 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 ATL18 HOMDNQ 99th 109 1999 DAY CAR LVS ATL18 DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT26 DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR 73rd 358 Petty Huggins Motorsports 96 Chevy GTYDNQ IRPDNQ MCHDNQ BRI36 DAR RCH DOV CLT43 CAR MEM PHO HOM31 2000 DAYDNQ CAR33 LVSDNQ ATLDNQ DAR35 BRI33 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 DAR35 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 NZH43 CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DARDNQ RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL CAR PHO HOM 127th 2003 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI19 TALDNQ NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOVDNQ NSH19 KEN22 MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI 56th 672 Brian Weber & Associates Racing 84 Chevy TEXDNQ Davis Motorsports 70 Chevy DAR37 RCH DOV KAN40 CLTDNQ MEM 0 ATL29 PHO31 CAR34 HOM34 2004 ORTEC Racing 96 Chevy DAY18 CAR29 LVS35 DAR31 BRI35 TEX40 26th 2239 Davis Motorsports 10 Chevy NSH33 CAL36 GTY25 RCH25 NZH26 CLT24 DOV33 NSH22 KEN35 MLW28 DAY37 CHI29 NHA24 PPR31 IRP37 MCH26 BRI40 CAL31 RCH36 DOV28 KAN28 CLTDNQ MEM26 ATL31 PHO31 DAR28 HOMDNQ 0 TALDNQ

(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 Pts Ref 1998 Hoiles Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY ATL SLM CLT MEM MCH POC SBS TOL PPR POC KIL FRS ISF ATL DSF SLM TEX5 WIN CLT5 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 TAL28 ATL 130th 90