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 Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 03 Chevrolet Silverado for Mike Affarano Motorsports.

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. 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 74, failing to qualify. After originally anouncing 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.

Xfinity Series
He made his debut in the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Mike Harmon Racing. During the race, he switched the ride with team owner Mike Harmon. As he started the race, he was credited with the 33rd place. He returned to Miami 3 years later with Harmon but failed to make the field.

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, 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

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

 Season still in progress
 Ineligible for series points

References

External links
 
 Boston Blaze website

Category:Living people
Category:1976 births
Category:NASCAR drivers
Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers
Category:Racing drivers from Vermont
Category:Glenville State Pioneers football players
Category:Players of American football from Vermont
Category:People from South Hero, Vermont
Category:American football placekickers
Category:American football executives