Devon Rouse

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|18}}

| birth_place = Burlington, Iowa, U.S.

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| Total_Truck_Races = 2

| Years_In_Truck = 2

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| Prev_Truck_Pos = 73rd

| Prev_Truck_Year = 2022

| Best_Truck_Pos = 69th (2021)

| First_Truck_Race = 2021 Corn Belt 150 (Knoxville)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2022 Clean Harbors 150 (Knoxville)

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| updated = November 5, 2022

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Devon Rouse (born July 18, 1998) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver who primarily competes in sprint cars at local tracks in Iowa. He also competed in two races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 43 Chevrolet Silverado for Reaume Brothers Racing.

Racing career

A fan of NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon who hoped to emulate his career path from dirt to stock car racing, Rouse began kart racing when he was three years old.{{cite news|last=Donia|first=Joey|url=https://www.kwqc.com/2021/01/14/race-car-driver-from-burlington-set-to-take-part-in-daytona-arca-menards-series-test/|title=Race car driver from Burlington set to take part in Daytona Arca Menards Series Test|publisher=KWQC-TV|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021}} He competed in the discipline until he was 13 and won six track championships at Shimek Speedway prior to its closing; he also competed in modified cars for six years.{{cite news|last=Levins|first=Matt|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/story/sports/2020/10/29/nascar-trucks-west-burlingtonsdevon-rouse-chasing-his-racing-dream/5926273002/|title=NASCAR TRUCKS: Devon Rouse chasing his racing dream|newspaper=The Hawk Eye|date=October 28, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2021}}

On his 17th birthday, Rouse received a sprint car from his parents and started racing at 34 Raceway. He finished third in the track's class standings in 2016, followed by second the following year.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Will|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/news/20180316/two-racecars-one-teenage-driver|title=Two racecars, one teenage driver|newspaper=The Hawk Eye|date=March 16, 2018|access-date=January 12, 2021|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317074610/http://www.thehawkeye.com/news/20180316/two-racecars-one-teenage-driver|url-status=dead}}

While vacationing in Florida in October 2019, Rouse befriended a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series crew member who invited him to travel with the team for six weeks. In January 2020, Rouse tested a truck at Myrtle Beach Speedway.{{cite news|last=Randall|first=Dakota|url=https://nesn.com/2021/01/devon-rouse-openly-gay-nascar-driver-to-test-at-daytona-run-two-races/|title=Devon Rouse, Openly Gay NASCAR Driver, To Test At Daytona, Run Two Races|publisher=New England Sports Network|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021}} He had planned to run the Truck Series' Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway before the race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before the 2021 racing season, he joined Fast Track Racing for the ARCA Menards Series test at Daytona International Speedway.{{cite news|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2021/01/08/arca-menards-series-daytona-test-entry-list/|title=ARCA Menards Series Daytona Test Entry List|work=ARCA Menards Series|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 12, 2021}} Running the Friday practice session, he was the 46th-fastest driver of 56 in total.{{cite news|url=https://www.arcaracing.com/2021/01/16/arca-menards-series-test-at-daytona-complete-results/|title=ARCA Menards Series Test at Daytona: Complete Results|work=ARCA Menards Series|date=January 16, 2021|access-date=March 29, 2012}} He also signed with Reaume Brothers Racing to run the Truck Series' Pinty's Dirt Truck Race and Corn Belt 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway and Knoxville Raceway, respectively,{{cite news|last=Levins|first=Matt|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/story/sports/2021/01/15/auto-racing-rouse-ready-race-daytona-international-speedway/4155898001/|title=AUTO RACING: Devon Rouse ready to race at Daytona International Speedway|newspaper=The Hawk Eye|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 16, 2021}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.reaumebrothersracing.com/devon-rouse-knoxville/?v=7516fd43adaa|title=Devon Rouse to make his NASCAR Truck Series Debut at Knoxville|work=Reaume Brothers Racing|date=June 30, 2021|access-date=June 30, 2021}} though the former was aborted due to sponsorship issues and personal reasons.{{cite news|url=https://www.jayski.com/2021/03/09/devon-rouse-no-longer-planning-truck-debut-at-bristol-still-eyeing-knoxville-with-reaume-brothers-racing/|title=Devon Rouse no longer planning Truck debut at Bristol, still eyeing Knoxville with Reaume Brothers Racing|work=Jayski's Silly Season Site|date=March 9, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2021}}

Rouse has not competed in any stock car races since 2022.

Personal life

Rouse graduated from West Burlington High School in Iowa in 2016 and was a business administration major at Southeastern Community College. He worked at DuPont in Fort Madison for three years before forming a detailing business.

Rouse is gay. When he participated in the ARCA test at Daytona in 2021, he became the first openly LGBT driver to compete in an ARCA-sanctioned event.{{cite news|last=Ferguson|first=Connor|url=https://alwaysraceday.com/iowa/devon-rouse-set-to-make-history-in-daytona-as-first-openly-gay-arca-driver/|title=Devon Rouse set to make history in Daytona as first openly gay ARCA driver|publisher=Always Race Day|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=March 9, 2021}} His Truck debut at Knoxville later that year made him the first such driver to race in the series since Stephen Rhodes in 2003.{{cite news|last=Eggert|first=Seth|url=https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/trucks/devon-rouse-to-make-truck-debut-at-knoxville-with-reaume/|title=Devon Rouse to Make Truck Debut at Knoxville with Reaume|publisher=Kickin' the Tires|date=June 30, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021}}

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

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

==Camping World Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=45\| NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 ! {{Tooltip\|NCWTC\|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
2021 ! rowspan=2\| Reaume Brothers Racing ! 33 ! rowspan=2\| Chevy \| DAY \| DAY \| LVS \| ATL \| BRI \| RCH \| KAN \| DAR \| COA \| CLT \| TEX \| NSH \| POC \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| KNX 18 \| GLN \| GTW \| DAR \| BRI \| LVS \| TAL \| MAR \| PHO \| ! 69th ! 19 ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rousede01/2021/C\|title=Devon Rouse – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|access-date=December 30, 2021}}
2022 ! 43 \| DAY \| LVS \| ATL \| COA \| MAR \| BRI \| DAR \| KAN \| TEX \| CLT \| GTW \| SON \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| KNX 30 \| NSH \| MOH \| POC \| IRP \| RCH \| KAN \| BRI \| TAL \| HOM \| PHO ! 73rd ! 7 ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rousede01/2022/C\|title=Devon Rouse – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|access-date=November 17, 2022}}

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! colspan=45| NASCAR Camping World Truck 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

! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2021

! rowspan=2| Reaume Brothers Racing

! 33

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| LVS

| ATL

| BRI

| RCH

| KAN

| DAR

| COA

| CLT

| TEX

| NSH

| POC

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNX
18

| GLN

| GTW

| DAR

| BRI

| LVS

| TAL

| MAR

| PHO

! 69th

! 19

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rousede01/2021/C|title=Devon Rouse – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=December 30, 2021}}

2022

! 43

| DAY

| LVS

| ATL

| COA

| MAR

| BRI

| DAR

| KAN

| TEX

| CLT

| GTW

| SON

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNX
30

| NSH

| MOH

| POC

| IRP

| RCH

| KAN

| BRI

| TAL

| HOM

| PHO

! 73rd

! 7

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/rousede01/2022/C|title=Devon Rouse – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=November 17, 2022}}

{{sup|*}} Season still in progress

{{sup|1}} Ineligible for series points