Viva Motorsports (known at various points in its existence as Motorway Motorsports and Viva Motorsports with Frank Cicci) is a former American stock car racing team. It fielded cars for several drivers, but mainly Jamie Dick in the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2011 to 2015. The team also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and was owned by Jimmy Dick.[1]

Viva Motorsports
Owner(s)Jimmy Dick
BaseChina Grove, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race driversRoss Chastain, Jamie Dick, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Brandon Gdovic, David Starr
SponsorsChasco Construction, Florida Watermelon Association, Fronius USA, FW1 Wash & Wax, Guest House Inn, Inventory Sales Co., Striping Technology, Viva Auto Group, WindStax
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2009
Closed2015
Career
DebutXfinity Series: 2011 Feed the Children 300 (Kentucky)
Camping World Truck Series:2009 Lucas Oil 200 (Iowa)
Latest raceXfinity Series: 2015 Great Clips 250 (Michigan)
Camping World Truck Series: 2015 Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
Races competedTotal: 71
Xfinity Series: 58
Camping World Truck Series: 13
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0

Xfinity Series

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Car No. 02 History

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Dick ran two races with this car number in 2011, finishing 30th at Kentucky and 34th at Iowa.

Car No. 52 History

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Dick ran one race with this car number in 2011, finishing 34th at Texas.[2]

Car No. 55 History

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In 2013, the team ran Dick in 17 races and David Starr in two races. Dick recorded the team's best finish, a 12th in the Talladega spring race. The team failed to qualify for one race at Richmond.[3]

In 2014, Dick ran 21 races while Ross Chastain ran two races. Chastain had the best finish, an 18th at Charlotte.[4]

In 2015, the team had Dick run five races, Jeffrey Earnhardt in six and Brandon Gdovic in two. Earnhardt recorded the best finish, a 12th at Talladega.[5]

Car No. 55 results

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Year Driver 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 34 NXSC Pts
2011 Jamie Dick 02 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN
30
NHA NSH IRP IOW
34
GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT 66th 24
52 TEX
31
PHO HOM
2013 55 DAY
29
PHO
35
LVS
22
BRI
35
CAL
25
TEX
25
RCH
DNQ
TAL
12
DAR CLT
34
DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN
27
DAY
25
NHA
35
CHI ATL
32
RCH
25
CHI KEN
28
DOV KAN CLT
35
PHO
22
HOM
25
35th 323
David Starr IND
21
IOW GLN MOH BRI TEX
21
2014 Jamie Dick DAY
27
PHO
32
LVS
29
BRI
23
CAL
34
TEX
28
TAL
27
MCH
33
KEN
26
CHI
26
IND
38
IOW
27
BRI
21
ATL
27
RCH
37
KEN
27
DOV
38
KAN
27
CLT
27
TEX
30
PHO
27
29th 519
Todd Bodine DAR
28
DOV
36
Jimmy Weller III RCH
40
Caleb Roark IOW
32
Ross Chastain CLT
18
DAY
29
Andy Lally ROA
7
Brennan Newberry NHA
24
GLN
19
CHI
23
Timmy Hill MOH
37
David Starr HOM
30
2015 Jeffrey Earnhardt DAY
16
ATL
32
CAL
28
BRI
15
TAL
12
MCH
34
CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 38th 296
Jamie Dick LVS
24
PHO
28
IOW
25
CLT
38
DOV
37
Brandon Gdovic TEX
26
RCH
30

Camping World Truck Series

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Truck No. 86 History

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Dick ran six races and failed to qualify for one in 2010. He recorded a best finish of 16th at Iowa.

Truck No. 02 History

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Dick ran four races and failed to qualify for one with this number in 2011. He recorded a best finish of 23rd at Iowa.

Ceasing operations

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On June 15, 2015, a team press release cited a lack of funding and Dick's diagnosis of diabetes as reasons to shut down. The teams assets were sold to Rick Gdovic to form Precision Performance Motorsports. The team had wrecked four cars in the month of May alone.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy Dick Owner Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info.
  2. ^ "Jamie Dick 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Jamie Dick 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ross Chastain 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info.
  5. ^ "Jeffrey Earnhardt 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Racing-Reference.info.
  6. ^ Pennell, Jay. "Viva Motorsports ceases operations after a rough start to 2015". Fox Sports. Fox Sports Interactive Media. Retrieved April 18, 2016.