With over twenty years experience, Dean is one of the WPCA’s longest tenured drivers. 2023 was a consistent season for Dean, and saw him post ten top ten runs, including three runs that cracked the top five. A pair of top ten overall finishes at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship and the Battle of the Foothills were his best of the year. His best career finish in a WPCA Show Championship at the 2022 Battle of the Rockies in Rocky Mountain House when he finished third overall.
Dean started his career on the WPCA Second Circuit in 1999, and was named the WPCA Second Circuit’s Top Rookie Driver. Dean was a founder of the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) in 2001, and spent the next 20 years competing on the WCA circuit. Dean was the WCA Champion in 2016, and won several shows during his career on the WCA Circuit at the Rio Grande Rodeo and North Peace Stampede, and has twice won the Rycroft Race the 8 and the Teepee Creek Stampede, and on numerous occasions has received the WCA’s Masters Award.
Dean is the son-in-law of chuckwagon legend Kelly Sutherland and father to fellow driver Tuff Dreger. He enjoys watching NASCAR in his spare time, and sits on numerous boards for shows in the Peace Country and the WPCA. He is the owner of Underground Enterprises – an oilfield construction and consulting company, and Rebel Rentals – an oilfield equipment rental and leasing business. Dean has three children – Cheyenne, Tuff and Dakota. Dean and his wife Tara make their home in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
