[3] 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.
[6] 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,[7][8] though the former was aborted due to sponsorship issues and personal reasons.
[9] Rouse graduated from West Burlington High School in Iowa in 2016 and was a business administration major at Southeastern Community College.
[4] 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.
[10] His Truck debut at Knoxville later that year made him the first such driver to race in the series since Stephen Rhodes in 2003.