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.
Xfinity Series
Car No. 02 History Dick ran two races with this car number in 2011, finishing 30th at Kentucky and 34th at Iowa.
Car No. 52 History Dick ran one race with this car number in 2011, finishing 34th at Texas.
Car No. 55 History
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.
In 2014, Dick ran 21 races while Ross Chastain ran two races. Chastain had the best finish, an 18th at Charlotte.
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.
Car No. 55 results 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 Pts 2011 Jamie Dick 02 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN30 NHA NSH IRP IOW34 GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT 66th 24 52 TEX31 PHO HOM 2013 55 DAY29 PHO35 LVS22 BRI35 CAL25 TEX25 RCHDNQ TAL12 DAR CLT34 DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN27 DAY25 NHA35 CHI ATL32 RCH25 CHI KEN28 DOV KAN CLT35 PHO22 HOM25 35th 323 David Starr IND21 IOW GLN MOH BRI TEX21 2014 Jamie Dick DAY27 PHO32 LVS29 BRI23 CAL34 TEX28 TAL27 MCH33 KEN26 CHI26 IND38 IOW27 BRI21 ATL27 RCH37 KEN27 DOV38 KAN27 CLT27 TEX30 PHO27 29th 519 Todd Bodine DAR28 DOV36 Jimmy Weller III RCH40 Caleb Roark IOW32 Ross Chastain CLT18 DAY29 Andy Lally ROA7 Brennan Newberry NHA24 GLN19 CHI23 Timmy Hill MOH37 David Starr HOM30 2015 Jeffrey Earnhardt DAY16 ATL32 CAL28 BRI15 TAL12 MCH34 CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 38th 296 Jamie Dick LVS24 PHO28 IOW25 CLT38 DOV37 Brandon Gdovic TEX26 RCH30
Camping World Truck Series
Truck No. 86 History
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
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
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.
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