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22 Facts About Tim Viens

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Timothy Neil Viens was born on October 10,1976 and is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner.

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Tim Viens competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No 31 Toyota Camry for Rise Motorsports.

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Tim Viens has competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

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Tim Viens did not make any other starts that year or in 2013.

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Tim Viens returned to the team in 2014 for what appeared to be a full season run.

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Tim Viens 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.

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Tim Viens ran one race in each of their cars: Chicago in the No 06, Pocono in the No 00, and Kansas in the No 0.

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In 2015, Viens returned to run part-time for Wayne Peterson and his team.

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Tim Viens made a total of five starts that year, running Nashville, Talladega, both Pocono races, and Kentucky.

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Tim Viens attempted 4 races in 2015 but failed to qualify for two.

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Tim Viens withdrew from the 4th race he attempted in 2015.

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Tim Viens returned in 2016, attempting 5 races and starting 3.

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Tim Viens failed to qualify for one of them and withdrew from one.

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In 2017, Tim Viens returned to drive the No 1 truck for TJL Motorsports at Daytona, but failed to qualify.

15.

On May 26,2021, Tim 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.

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Tim Viens had purchased Kyle Busch Motorsports trucks the previous week.

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Tim Viens made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in the 2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Mike Harmon Racing.

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Tim Viens returned to Miami three years later with Harmon but failed to make the field.

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Tim Viens is an alumnus of Glenville State College, where he played college football as a placekicker.

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Tim Viens 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.

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The Can-Am league was based around the Bucks, a few traveling teams Tim Viens established such as the Boston Blaze, and established semi-professional football teams.

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Tim Viens then created the Atlanta Havoc indoor football team for in the American Arena League, of which he was a co-founder, and sold the Bucks to a local ownership group to play in the AAL.