Tim Viens
BornTimothy Neil Viens
(1976-10-10) October 10, 1976
South Hero, Vermont
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 3 years
2021 position99th
Best finish83rd (2020)
First race2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last race2021 Wawa 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
14 races run over 3 years
Truck no., teamNo. 47 (G2G Racing)
2021 position117th
Best finish43rd (2020)
First race2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Dover)
Last race2020 SpeedyCash.com 400 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of February 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 Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 47 Toyota Tundra for his own team, G2G Racing. He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity 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 01 [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 01 [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 01 [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 -* -* [19]
47 DAY
DNQ		 DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO

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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]
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 01 [23]
2020 Mike Affarano Motorsports 03 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
DNQ		 ATL
DNQ		 HOM
Wth		 43rd 74 [24]
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 - [25]
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 [26]
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 [27]

* 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 [28]
2014 97 DAY
22		 MOB
23		 SLM
26		 TAL
23		 TOL
DNQ		 NJE
DNQ		 POC
30		 MCH ELK WIN 23rd 1310 [29]
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 [30]
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 [31]
0 TAL
35		 TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN

References

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  3. ↑ "Driver Tim Viens 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Driver Tim Viens 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  5. ↑ Christie, Toby (13 February 2020). "Tim Viens Says That the Affarano Motorsports Trump Truck Will Not Compete at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ Christie, Toby (14 June 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 2021-04-03.
  9. ↑ "Video: Driveshaft Flies Out of Tim Viens' Truck As He Attempts to Leave Pit Road For Qualifying". TobyChristie.com. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  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.
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