Tim Viens

Tim Viens
Born	Timothy Neil Viens (1976-10-10) October 10, 1976 (age 48) South Hero, Vermont
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
5 races run over 4 years
Car no., team	No. 74 (Mike Harmon Racing)
2021 position	99th
Best finish	83rd (2020)
First race	2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last race	2024 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
15 races run over 4 years
2023 position	82nd
Best finish	43rd (2020)
First race	2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Dover)
Last race	2023 Heart of America 200 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 6, 2023.

Timothy Neil Viens^[1] (born October 10, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 74 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series in the past.

Racing career

ARCA

Viens made his ARCA debut in 2012 at Salem driving the No. 67 Dodge for Carter 2 Motorsports, but finished last in the race as a did not start. Viens did not make any other starts that year or in 2013.

He returned to the team in 2014 for what appeared to be a full season run. He started the season in their No. 97 car, and when he did not qualify for the races at Toledo Speedway and New Jersey Motorsports Park, he moved into the Wayne Peterson Racing No. 06 Chevrolet. After seven races, Viens did not return to C2M and was without a ride until the Peterson team picked him back up for three starts. He ran one race in each of their cars: Chicago in the No. 06, Pocono in the No. 00, and Kansas in the No. 0.

In 2015, Viens returned to run part-time for Wayne Peterson and his team. He made a total of five starts that year, running Nashville, Talladega, both Pocono races, and Kentucky. In those five races, he drove all four Peterson cars at least once: the No. 00, the No. 0, the No. 06, and the No. 08. He did not finish in all of his starts. His most recent ARCA starts came in 2016, where he drove the WPR No. 06 at Daytona and Talladega.

Truck Series

Viens debuted in the Truck Series in 2015. He attempted 4 races in 2015 but failed to qualify for two. He withdrew from the 4th race he attempted in 2015. Viens made only one start in 2015.^[2] Viens returned in 2016, attempting 5 races and starting 3. He failed to qualify for one of them and withdrew from one.^[3] In 2017, Viens returned to drive the No. 1 truck for TJL Motorsports at Daytona, but failed to qualify.^[4] After not making another attempt in 2017, he returned in early with 2018 at Atlanta with Mike Harmon's No. 74, failing to qualify.

After originally announcing an effort with Mike Affarano Motorsports for the 2020 Daytona race, the team's hauler slid off a highway en route to the track and was not able to compete.^[5] After failing to qualify for Charlotte and Atlanta, Viens and the No. 03 were supposed to run at Homestead-Miami but the No. 03 failed pre-race inspection and NASCAR forced them to withdraw since the repairs could not be made at the track.^[6] After that incident, Viens and Mike Affarano Motorsports parted ways. Viens later joined CMI Motorsports for a part-time Truck schedule beginning at Pocono.^[7]

Viens would rejoin CMI Motorsports in 2021, initially stating he was running full time in the No. 83 truck.^[8] In his first attempt to qualify in the 2021 season at the NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona, while getting ready for his qualifying run, the driveshaft of his truck fell off the car, and thus Viens could not set a time and failed to qualify.^[9] Due to a combination of factors, including his DNQ, NASCAR's qualifying format for races without such sessions, lack of owner's points, and the number of cars entered, Viens DNQ'd again at the BrakeBest Select 159 at the Daytona International Speedway road course.

On May 26, 2021, Viens announced on social media that he would start up a new race team, called G2G Racing, and it would run its first race in 2022. He had purchased Kyle Busch Motorsports trucks the previous week.^[10]

Xfinity Series

He made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the 2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Mike Harmon Racing. During the race, he switched the ride with team owner Mike Harmon; as Viens started the race, he was credited with the 33rd-place finish. He returned to Miami three years later with Harmon but failed to make the field.

Later starts with MHR came in 2018, but failed to qualify, but ran other races in 2020, 2021, and 2022.^[11]

Personal life

Viens is an alumnus of Glenville State College, where he played college football as a placekicker. Continuing his involvement in football after college, he tried out for the NFL, but was unsuccessful.^[1] After the unsuccessful endeavor, Tim would move to Daytona Beach, Florida and play for the Daytona Thunder for a professional arena football league.^[1] He later founded the Vermont Bucks indoor football team in 2016 and, when the league in which it was planning to compete suspended operations prior to the Bucks' inaugural season,^[12] established the Can-Am Indoor Football League for the 2017 season. The Can-Am league was based around the Bucks, a few traveling teams Viens established such as the Boston Blaze,^[13] and established semi-professional football teams. Viens then created the Atlanta Havoc indoor football team for in the American Arena League (AAL), of which he was also a co-founder, and sold the Bucks to a local ownership group to also play in the AAL. The Bucks would end up folding before playing a game in the league and Viens would also step away from his roles in the Havoc and AAL on April 14, 2018.^[14]

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2015	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Dodge	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 33	114th	0^1	[15]
2018	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM DNQ	112th	0	[16]
2020	Mike Harmon Racing	47	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL 36	POC	IND	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN	ROA	DAY	DOV	DOV	DAY 18	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	83rd	0^1	[17]
2021		74		DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY 29	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	99th	0^1	[18]
2022				DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC	IND	MCH	GLN												N/A	0^1	[19]
		47																								DAY DNQ	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO
2024	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	COA	RCH	MAR	TEX	TAL	DOV	DAR	CLT	PIR	SON	IOW	NHA	NSH	CSC	POC	IND	MCH	DAY 35	DAR	ATL	GLN	BRI	KAN	TAL	ROV	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	74th	2	[20]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman 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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2015	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 23	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD													68th	21	[21]
	Mike Affarano Motorsports	03	Chevy												POC DNQ	MCH DNQ	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2016	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL DNQ	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT											NHA 26							63rd	15	[22]
		86								TEX 29	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI
		66																			LVS 29	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2017	TJL Motorsports	1	Chevy	DAY DNQ	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	102nd	0	[23]
2018	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	ATL DNQ	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	115th	0^1	[24]
2020	Mike Affarano Motorsports	03	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CLT DNQ	ATL DNQ	HOM Wth																			43rd	74	[25]
	CMI Motorsports	83	Chevy						POC 29						DAY 24	DOV 31	GTW	DAR	RCH 35	BRI	LVS 33	TAL
		49								KEN 35	TEX 26	KAN	KAN	MCH 26									KAN 32	TEX 37	MAR	PHO
2021		83		DAY DNQ	DAY DNQ	LVS	ATL	BRI	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO		117th	-	[26]
2022	G2G Racing	46	Toyota	DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRI	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNO	NSH	MOH	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL DNQ	HOM	PHO	N/A	0	[27]
2023		47		DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	TEX	BRI	MAR	KAN 36	DAR	NWS	CLT	GTW	NSH	MOH	POC	RCH	IRP	MLW	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO	82nd	1	[28]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Carter 2 Motorsports	67	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	WIN	NJE	IOW	CHI	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	SLM DNS	DSF	KAN	154th	0	[29]
2014		97		DAY 22	MOB 23	SLM 26	TAL 23	TOL DNQ	NJE DNQ	POC 30	MCH	ELK	WIN											23rd	1310	[30]
	Wayne Peterson Racing	06	Chevy					TOL 25	NJE 20
			Ford											CHI 21	IRP
		00	Chevy													POC 25	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KEN
		0	Ford																				KAN 33
2015				DAY	MOB	NSH 26	SLM																	55th	410	[31]
		00						TAL 35	TOL	NJE												KEN 27	KAN
		08	Chevy								POC 31	MCH	CHI	WIN	IOW	IRP
		06	Dodge														POC 29	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM
2016			Chevy	DAY 26	NSH	SLM																		111th	115	[32]
		0					TAL 35	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN

References

1. The Tale of Tim Viens, September 28, 2020, retrieved April 3, 2021
2. "Driver Tim Viens 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
3. "Driver Tim Viens 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
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5. Christie, Toby (February 13, 2020). "Tim Viens Says That the Affarano Motorsports Trump Truck Will Not Compete at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
6. Christie, Toby (June 14, 2020). "Tim Viens, Race Fans For Trump Cutting Ties With Affarano Motorsports After Frustration at Homestead". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
7. Srigley, Joseph (June 19, 2020). "Ray Ciccarelli's CMI Motorsports Reveals Plans for Full-Time Schedule, Taps Tim Viens for Multi-Race Deal in No. 83 Truck". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
8. "I will be attending all 22 in 2021". Twitter. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
9. "Video: Driveshaft Flies Out of Tim Viens' Truck As He Attempts to Leave Pit Road For Qualifying". TobyChristie.com. February 12, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
10. Nguyen, Justin (May 27, 2021). "Tim Viens unveils Glory 2 God Racing for 2022 Truck season". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
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12. "Vermont Bucks forced to find new league". Burlington Free Press. July 18, 2016.
13. "Vermont Bucks to Play Central Penn Chargers, Not Boston Blaze, in East Division Playoff". My Champlain Valley.com. May 21, 2017.
14. "American Arena League Co-Founder Tim Viens Steps Down". Inside the Arena. April 17, 2018. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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External links

• Tim Viens driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Boston Blaze website