Dexter Canipe (born May 29, 1960) is an Americanracing driver who won theNASCARWeekly Series national championship in 1997.^[1] He also won the 1998Taco Bell 300 at Martinsville Speedway, the biggest race of the year in Late Model Stock Car racing.

Driving a Late Model Stock Car owned by Dwight Huffman and fielded by G&G Motorsports, Canipe won seventeen of the 22 races that he entered atGreenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina,^[1] in his national championship title in theNASCARWeekly Series in 1997.

Canipe also won the first-ever NASCAR touring series race atHomestead-Miami Speedway when the track opened in 1995, a NASCARGoody's Dash Series event that preceded the track's Truck series exhibition and Busch series season finale the same weekend.

Canipe attempted one race inNASCAR Busch Series, in 1987, but failed to qualify.

Canipe also competed in sevenHooters Pro Cup Series events between 1999 and 2000. His best finish was tenth atUSA International Speedway.

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

• Dexter Canipe driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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