# Tim Viens

Timothy Neil Viens (born October 10, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet SS for Rise Motorsports. He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

## 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. Viens returned in 2016, attempting 5 races and starting 3. He failed to qualify for one of them and withdrew from one. In 2017, Viens returned to drive the No. 1 truck for TJL Motorsports at Daytona, but failed to qualify. 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. 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. After that incident, Viens and Mike Affarano Motorsports parted ways. Viens later joined CMI Motorsports for a part-time Truck schedule beginning at Pocono.
Viens would rejoin CMI Motorsports in 2021, initially stating he was running full time in the No. 83 truck. 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. 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.

### 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.

## 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. After the unsuccessful endeavor, Tim would move to Daytona Beach, Florida and play for the Daytona Thunder for a professional arena football league. 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, 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, 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.

## 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 |
| 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$^1$ |
| 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 |
| 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$^1$ |
| 2021 | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | 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$^1$ |
| 2022 | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | 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$^1$ |
| 2022 | Mike Harmon Racing | 47 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY DNQ | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | N/A | 0$^1$ |
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| 2015 | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV 23 | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | | | | | | | | | | | | | 68th | 21 |
| 2015 | Mike Affarano Motorsports | 03 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | POC DNQ | MCH DNQ | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 68th | 21 |
| 2016 | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Chevy | DAY | ATL DNQ | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 26 | | | | | | | 63rd | 15 |
| 2016 | Mike Harmon Racing | 86 | Chevy | | | | | | | TEX 29 | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | | | | | | | | | | | | 63rd | 15 |
| 2016 | Mike Harmon Racing | 66 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LVS 29 | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 63rd | 15 |
| 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 |
| 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$^1$ |
| 2020 | Mike Affarano Motorsports | 03 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT DNQ | ATL DNQ | HOM Wth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 43rd | 74 |
| 2020 | CMI Motorsports | 83 | Chevy | | | | | | POC 29 | | | | | | DAY 24 | DOV 31 | GTW | DAR | RCH 35 | BRI | LVS 33 | TAL | | | | | | | 43rd | 74 |
| 2020 | CMI Motorsports | 49 | Chevy | | | | | | | KEN 35 | TEX 26 | KAN | KAN | MCH 26 | | | | | | | | | KAN 32 | TEX 37 | MAR | PHO | 43rd | 74 |
| 2021 | CMI Motorsports | 83 | Chevy | 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 2023 | G2G Racing | 47 | Toyota | 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 |
$^*$ Season still in progress
$^1$ Ineligible for series points

### ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | 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 | |
| 2014 | Carter 2 Motorsports | 97 | Dodge | DAY 22 | MOB 23 | SLM 26 | TAL 23 | TOL DNQ | NJE DNQ | POC 30 | MCH | ELK | WIN | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 1310 | |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Chevy | | | | | TOL 25 | NJE 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 1310 |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 21 | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 1310 |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 00 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 25 | BLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | KEN | | 23rd | 1310 | |
| 2014 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | KAN 33 | 23rd | 1310 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Ford | DAY | MOB | NSH 26 | SLM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 55th | 410 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 00 | Ford | | | | | TAL 35 | TOL | NJE | | | | | | | | | | | | KEN 27 | KAN | 55th | 410 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 08 | Chevy | | | | | | | | POC 31 | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | | | | | | | | | | | 55th | 410 | |
| 2015 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 29 | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | | | | 55th | 410 |
| 2016 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 06 | Chevy | DAY 26 | NSH | SLM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 111th | 115 | |
| 2016 | Wayne Peterson Racing | 0 | Chevy | | | | TAL 35 | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 111th | 115 | |
| 2025 | Rise Motorsports | 31 | Toyota | DAY 19 | PHO 20 | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BER | ELK | LRP | DOV | IRP | IOW | GLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | TOL | -* | -* | |

#### ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2025 | Rise Motorsports | 31 | Toyota | KER | PHO 20 | TUC | CNS | KER | SON | TRI | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | -* | -* | |