Dean Canto
| Dean Canto | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australian
|
| Born |
24 September 1980 Sydney, New South Wales |
| International V8 Supercars Championship career | |
| Debut season | 1999 |
| Current team | Prodrive Racing Australia |
| Teams | Owen Parkinson Racing Graphic Skills Racing Dean Canto Racing Glenn Seton Racing Briggs Motor Sport Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing Garry Rogers Motorsport Rod Nash Racing Erebus Motorsport Prodrive Racing Australia |
| Starts | 149 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 16th in 2007 |
| Previous series | |
| 1998 1999 2000, 2005, 2008 2001 2010 |
Australian GT Production Australian Super Touring Development V8 Supercar Nations Cup Aust. Mini Challenge |
| Championship titles | |
| 2000 2001 2005 |
Development V8 Supercar Sandown 1 Hour Development V8 Supercar |
Dean Justin Canto (born 24 September, 1980) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a V8 Supercar 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 V8 Supercar series for a variety of teams racing both full-time and as a part-time endurance race co-driver. No longer racing full-time, Canto now runs a performance driving school.
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. 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 V8 Supercar Development Series 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 team-mate Jim Richards in the Bathurst 1000. 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.
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