Tim Viens

Timothy "Tim" Viens (born October 10, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Harmon Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado for CMI Motorsports. He has also competed in the ARCA Racing Series.[1]

Tim Viens
Born (1976-10-10) October 10, 1976
South Hero, Vermont
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2015 position114th
Best finish114th (2015)
First race2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last race2020 Unhinged 300 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
9 races run over 3 years
Truck no., teamNos. 49/83 (CMI Motorsports)
2018 position115th
Best finish63rd (2016)
First race2015 Lucas Oil 200 (Dover)
Last race2020 Sunoco 159 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 16, 2020.

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

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.

Gander RV & Outdoors 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 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]

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 2019 and 2020.[8]

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 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,[9] 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,[10] 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.[11]

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 [12]
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 [13]
2020 Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL
36		 POC IND KEN KEN KAN TEX DOV MOH MCH ROA GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* 01* [14]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors 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 NGTC Pts Ref
2015 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV
23		 TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD 68th 21 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
2020 Mike Affarano Motorsports 03 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
DNQ		 ATL
DNQ		 HOM
Wth		 -* -* [19]
CMI Motorsports 83 Chevy POC
29		 DAY
24		 DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX MAR PHO
49 KEN
35		 TEX
26		 KAN KAN MCH
26

* 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 [20]
2014 97 DAY
22		 MOB
23		 SLM
26		 TAL
23		 TOL
DNQ		 NJE
DNQ		 POC
30		 MCH ELK WIN 23rd 1310 [21]
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 [22]
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 [23]
0 TAL
35		 TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN
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References
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  2. "Driver Tim Viens 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. "Driver Tim Viens 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
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  5. Christie, Toby. "Tim Viens Says That the Affarano Motorsports Trump Truck Will Not Compete at Daytona". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  6. Christie, Toby. "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.
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  9. "Vermont Bucks forced to find new league". Burlington Free Press. July 18, 2016.
  10. "Vermont Bucks to Play Central Penn Chargers, Not Boston Blaze, in East Division Playoff". My Champlain Valley.com. May 21, 2017.
  11. "American Arena League Co-Founder Tim Viens Steps Down". Inside the Arena. April 17, 2018.
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