World Professional Standings
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Major Awards And Victories
- 1999: WPCA Second Circuit Top Rookie Driver
- 2016: WCA Champion
Personal Information
Another veteran driver with over twenty years experience, Dean was the Western Chuckwagon Association (WCA) champion in 2016, won several shows 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. 2022 saw Dean post his best career finish in a WPCA Show Championship at the Battle of the Rockies in Rocky Mountain House when he finished third overall on the strength of a second place and a sixth place run. Dean returned to the WPCA in 2021 for the first time since winning the Top Rookie Driver on the WPCA's Second Circuit in 1999.
Dean was a founder of the Western Chuckwagon Association in 2001, and 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. He and his wife Tara make their home in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
