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Dean Canto

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Dean Canto
Nationality Australian
Born (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980 (age 44)
Sydney, New South Wales
Racing licence FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races156
Wins2
Podiums5
Pole positions0
2019 position44th (326 pts)

Dean Justin Canto (born 24 September 1980) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a Supercars driver, Canto was the inaugural winner of the second-tier V8 Supercar development series in 2000, and the first to become a multiple-champion five years later. Canto has been a regular in the main Supercars Championship for a variety of teams racing both full-time and as a part-time endurance race co-driver.

Racing career

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After winning a national and two state titles in kart racing, Canto graduated to the Australian GT Production Car Championship and finished the Championship in 11th overall, and second within Class B in which his Subaru Impreza WRX raced. He then backed up this performance with a victory in the 1998 Sandown 1 Hour driving a Maserati Ghibli co-driving with Alfredo Costanzo.[1] Another second in class placing followed in 1999 driving a Ford Mondeo in the Independents class of the Australian Super Touring Championship.

Later that year, Canto made his V8 Supercar début in the Shell Championship Series at Oran Park Raceway then went on to drive in the Queensland 500 and Bathurst Classic as well as racing his Mondeo at the Bathurst 1000.

In 2000, Canto won the inaugural Konica V8 Lites Series[1] driving a Ford EL Falcon under the banner of Dean Canto Racing. In 2001, Canto drove with Ford Tickford Racing at the Queensland 500 and Bathurst 1000. He achieved a ninth placing in the Queensland 500 and fifth with teammate Jim Richards in the Bathurst 1000.[1] Canto added another title with his victory in the Young Guns races at the Honda IndyCar Carnival, a one-make event for emerging young drivers in road specification Honda Integras.

In 2002, Canto became co-driver to Max Wilson at Briggs Motor Sport and in 2003, achieved a full-time drive with the same team. Canto was diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis, a very rare medical condition that causes rapid hair loss to the body. Medical advice reassured Canto that the condition would, in no way, affect his overall health. With concerns allayed, Canto then took the time to adjust to the condition, renew his confidence and focus, stronger than ever, on more driving success.[citation needed]

In the later half of the 2003 season, Canto pulled off a number of strong performances and top 10 finishes and was awarded the VIP Top Dog award, however it was not enough for Canto to keep his full-time drive. Canto was retained as the endurance race co-driver with team under its new ownership identity of Triple Eight Race Engineering for the 2004 season.

The following year Dick Johnson Racing appointed Canto to drive the Gatorz Racing Development Series Ford Falcon. The season proved a success. Canto won five of the seven rounds, qualified on pole position on six of seven occasions, won nine of the ten races where he started on the front row of the grid and won ten races in total. Canto's times were so fast that he could qualify in the Supercars Top 20 (even though the Development cars had a 100 kg lead weight disadvantage). He set new Development Series lap records at Adelaide and Wakefield Park and new qualifying lap records at the Clipsal 500 and Queensland rounds. At the season's conclusion he became the first driver ever to win two Development Series Championships.[2]

Canto proved once again his worth as an endurance driver teaming up with Glenn Seton at the endurance rounds in a DJR Falcon. The pair finished ninth at Bathurst even with an engine misfire.

Canto's performance in 2005 caught the attention of Garry Rogers Motorsport team Principal Garry Rogers. He asked Canto to fill the vacant seat of the #34 Valvoline Repco Cummins VZ Commodore for the Indy 300 and Tasmanian rounds of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. The car finished well and both team and driver realised that a longer-term relationship would be beneficial for team and driver. Canto signed a multi-year deal with GRM as the team's lead driver for their assault on the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series.[3]

The 2006 series saw Canto achieve his first win in the main category, the reverse grid race at Barbagallo Raceway. After a difficult 2007 season, Canto's GRM contract was cut leaving Canto without a full-time drive in 2008.[4] Canto returned to the Development series with Howard Racing but just missed out on his third title, finishing second to Steve Owen.[5]

Since then Canto has competed as an endurance co-driver with Ford Performance Racing under its numerous banners from 2008 to 2018. His time there included a 2nd place at the Bathurst 1000 in 2012, and a win at the Gold Coast 600 in 2014, both alongside long time teammate, David Reynolds.

In 2019, Canto competed in his 21st Bathurst 1000 alongside Macauley Jones at Brad Jones Racing.[6]

Career results

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The VIP Holdings Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Dean Canto drove at the opening round of the 2015 Australian GT Championship
Season Series Position Car Team
1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 11th Subaru Impreza WRX Edge Motor Sport
1999 Australian Super Touring Championship 7th Ford Mondeo Knight Racing
2000 Konica V8 Lites Series 1st Ford EL Falcon Dean Canto Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 32nd Ford AU Falcon RPM International Racing
Glenn Seton Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 44th Ford AU Falcon Briggs Motor Sport
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Ford BA Falcon Team Betta Electrical
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Ford BA Falcon
Holden VZ Commodore
Dick Johnson Racing
Garry Rogers Motorsport
HPDC V8 Supercar Series 1st Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 17th Holden VZ Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 16th Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2nd Ford BA Falcon Howard Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 38th Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 41st Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing
Australian Mini Challenge 13th Mini John Cooper Works Challenge
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 71st Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing
V8 Utes Racing Series 36th Holden VE Ute
2012 V8SuperTourer Championship 26th Ford FG Falcon International Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 31st Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 35th Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 44th Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 28th Ford FG X Falcon
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Rod Nash Racing
Erebus Motorsport
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 47th Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 43rd Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 38th Ford FG X Falcon Tickford Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 44th Holden ZB Commodore Tim Blanchard Racing

Supercars Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 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 35 36 37 38 39 40 Position Points
2001 Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

8
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

5
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
32nd 743
2002 Briggs Motorsport Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PHI
R3
PHI
R4
EAS
R5

EAS
R6

EAS
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

CAN
R11

CAN
R12

CAN
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

ORA
R17

ORA
R18

WIN
R19

WIN
R20

QLD
R21

Ret
BAT
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

SUR
R24

PUK
R25

PUK
R26

PUK
R27

SAN
R28

SAN
R29

45th 86
2003 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R1
PHI
R3
EAS
R4
WIN
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
HDV
R11
QLD
R12
ORA
R13
SAN
R14

BAT
R15

SUR
R16
SUR
R17
PUK
R18
PUK
R19
PUK
R20
EAS
R21
EAS
R22
24th 1001
2004 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
EAS
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
PUK
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
QLD
R13
WIN
R14
ORA
R15
ORA
R16
SAN
R17

Ret
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SYM
R21
SYM
R22
SYM
R23
EAS
R24

EAS
R25

EAS
R26

NC 0
2005 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
SHA
R11
SHA
R12
SHA
R13
HDV
R14
HDV
R15
HDV
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
SAN
R20

12
BAT
R21

9
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SYM
R25
SYM
R26
SYM
R27
PHI
R28

PHI
R29

PHI
R30

35th 312
2006 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

ORA
R20

SAN
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SUR
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

SYM
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

37th 290
2007 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

12
ADE
R2

18
BAR
R3

27
BAR
R4

25
BAR
R5

28
PUK
R6

25
PUK
R7

17
PUK
R8

Ret
WIN
R9

19
WIN
R10

23
WIN
R11

14
EAS
R12

16
EAS
R13

Ret
EAS
R14

DNS
HDV
R15

9
HDV
R16

11
HDV
R17

15
QLD
R18

16
QLD
R19

15
QLD
R20

13
ORA
R21

18
ORA
R22

23
ORA
R23

Ret
SAN
R24

5
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

9
SUR
R27

14
SUR
R28

Ret
BHR
R29

13
BHR
R30

7
BHR
R31

9
SYM
R32

20
SYM
R33

12
SYM
R34

10
PHI
R35

20
PHI
R36

16
PHI
R37

14
16th 125
2008 Ford Performance Racing Ford BF Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

EAS
R4

EAS
R5

HAM
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

BAR
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

SAN
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

WIN
R21

WIN
R22

WIN
R23

PHI
R24

24
BAT
R25

7
SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

ORA
R35

ORA
R36

ORA
R37

38th 252
2009 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

HAM
R3

HAM
R4

WIN
R5

WIN
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

TOW
R11

TOW
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

PHI
Q

8
PHI
R17

9
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SUR
R21

SUR
R22

PHI
R23

PHI
R24

BAR
R25

BAR
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

52nd 152
2010 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1

YMC
R2

BHR
R3

BHR
R4

ADE
R5

ADE
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

QLD
R9

QLD
R10

WIN
R11

WIN
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

TOW
R15

TOW
R16

PHI
R17

7
BAT
R18

14
SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SYM
R21

SYM
R22

SAN
R23

SAN
R24

SYD
R25

SYD
R26

41st 309
2011 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon YMC
R1

YMC
R2

ADE
R3

ADE
R4

HAM
R5

HAM
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

BAR
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

QLD
R18

PHI
R19

23
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

SUR
R22

SYM
R23

SYM
R24

SAN
R25

SAN
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

71st 109
2012 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R20

6
BAT
R21

2
SUR
R22
SUR
R23
YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
31st 527
2013 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
PUK
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
COA
R13
COA
R14
COA
R15
COA
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
QLD
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
WIN
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
SAN
R28

17
BAT
R29

9
SUR
R30

8
SUR
R31

1
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
SYD
R35

SYD
R36

35th 516
2014 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
WIN
R7
WIN
R8
WIN
R9
PUK
R10
PUK
R11
PUK
R12
PUK
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
BAR
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
TOW
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
QLD
R25
SMP
R26
SMP
R27
SMP
R28
SAN
Q

8
SAN
R29

9
BAT
R30

Ret
SUR
R31

Ret
SUR
R32

6
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
PHI
R35
SYD
R36
SYD
R37
SYD
R38
44th 270
2015 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
Q

4
SAN
R24

5
BAT
R25

6
SUR
R26

2
SUR
R27

9
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
28th 648
2016 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q

24
SAN
R20

23
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

4
SUR
R23

5
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
47th 303
2017 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
SMP
R17
SMP
R18
SAN
R19

9
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

8
SUR
R22

5
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25
NEW
R26
43rd 369
2018 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13

PO
WIN
R14

PO
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19

PO
QLD
R20

PO
SMP
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24

17
BAT
R25

12
SUR
R26

7
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
NEW
R30
NEW
R31
38th 342
2019 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

MEL
R3

MEL
R4

MEL
R5

MEL
R6

SYM
R7

PO
SYM
R8

PO
PHI
R9

PHI
R10

BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21

PO
BEN
R22

PO
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
BAT
R25

16
SUR
R26

17
SUR
R27

15
SAN
QR

22
SAN
R28

18
NEW
R29
NEW
R30
44th 326

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1999 Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore VS Australia Wayne Wakefield DNF 46
2000 Dean Canto Racing Ford Falcon AU Australia Ian Moncreiff DNF 56
2001 Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon AU New Zealand Jim Richards 5th 161
2002 Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon AU Brazil Max Wilson DNF 108
2003 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA Australia Matthew White DNF 147
2004 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA France Yvan Muller DNF 138
2005 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Glenn Seton 9th 158
2006 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ Australia Lee Holdsworth 17th 129
2007 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Australia Lee Holdsworth DNF 118
2008 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BF Australia Luke Youlden 7th 161
2009 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Luke Youlden DNF 139
2010 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Paul Dumbrell 14th 161
2011 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Paul Dumbrell DNF 144
2012 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia David Reynolds 2nd 161
2013 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia David Reynolds 9th 161
2014 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia David Reynolds DNF 117
2015 Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG X Australia David Reynolds 6th 161
2016 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Australia Mark Winterbottom DNF 132
2017 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Australia Mark Winterbottom DNF 159
2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X Australia Mark Winterbottom 12th 161
2019 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Macauley Jones 16th 160

References

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  1. ^ a b c "VESRIX Driver Profile: Dean Canto". conrod.com.au.
  2. ^ "Fujitsu Series Driver Points: Championship Points 2005". The official website of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Canto confirmed at GRM". Crash. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Canto dumped by GRM". Crash. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Fujitsu Series Driver Points: Championship Points 2008". The official website of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010.
  6. ^ Whitelaw, Anya (7 October 2019). "Canto is hunting for a special 21st celebration at Bathurst". Western Advocate. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
inaugural
Winner of the Konica V8 Lites Series
2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the HPDC V8 Supercar Series
2005
Succeeded by