Jimmy Dick

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

| name = Jimmy Dick

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| birth_name = James A. Dick IV

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|22}}

| birth_place = El Paso, Texas

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| Total_Truck_Races = 3

| Years_In_Truck = 1

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| Prev_Truck_Pos = 51st

| Prev_Truck_Year = 1995

| Best_Truck_Pos = 51st (1995)

| First_Truck_Race = 1995 Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado)

| Last_Truck_Race = 1995 Spears Manufacturing 200 (Mesa Marin)

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| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

| updated = August 11, 2020

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James A. Dick IV (born October 22, 1957) is an American professional racing driver and businessman. He is the proprietor of the El Paso, Texas-based Viva Autosport chain of car dealerships, has driven in the NASCAR SuperTruck Series, and formerly owned the NASCAR Nationwide Series team Viva Motorsports.

Business career

Coming from a family of businessmen, Dick bought his first car dealership in El Paso, Texas in 1985.{{cite web |last1=Mrkvicka |first1=Mike |title=Why ‘way’ is out, ‘Viva’ is in for Jimmy Dic |url=http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/why-way-is-out-viva-is-in-for-jimmy-dick/article_e5b64982-0f96-523f-9d72-1f3ab57e1004.html |website=El Paso Inc. |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |date=December 3, 2007}} By 2007, Dick owned six new car dealerships and three used car dealerships, and rebranded all of the dealerships under a new Viva Autosport name.{{cite news |title=Get Out of the 'Way', VIVA Hits El Paso Today! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57177798/an-article-about-the-rebranding-of/ |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |work=El Paso Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 1, 2007}} By 2016, that number had grown to 13 and the Viva chain of dealerships had expanded to New Mexico.{{cite web |title=Viva Auto Group |url=https://issuu.com/thecitymagazineelpaso/docs/tcm_february_2016/75 |website=The City Magazine El Paso / Las Cruces |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |date=February 2016}}

He later owned and sponsored a NASCAR Nationwide Series team, Viva Motorsports, which ran entries for Dick's son, Jamie Dick.{{cite web |last1=Bloomquist |first1=Bret |title=El Paso native, NASCAR racer Jamie Dick happy to be back after health scare |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/2015/05/24/el-paso-native-nascar-racer-jamie-dick-happy/31293655/ |website=El Paso Times |publisher=Gannett |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |date=May 24, 2015}}

Racing career

After participating in a 1988 charity race at El Paso Speedway Park, Dick decided to become a sprint car racer, only to decide against it some time later due to safety risks and a lack of advancement opportunities.{{cite news |last1=Romero |first1=Ysela |title=El Pasoan has sights set on reaching NASCAR |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |work=El Paso Times |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57177332/an-article-about-el-paso-texas-driver/ |date=July 23, 1994}} He ran a limited schedule in the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1994, hoping to use that experience as a springboard to running some NASCAR Winston Cup Series races in 1995 or 1996. In 1995, Dick ran three NASCAR SuperTruck Series races, scoring a best finish of 17th at Colorado National Speedway.{{cite web |title=Jimmy Dick - 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/dickji01/1995/C |website=Racing Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |accessdate=August 11, 2020}}

Personal life

Dick was previously married, but divorced his wife.{{cite news |last1=Erfort |first1=John |title=Shifting into High gear: Driver with El Paso ties has success in stock cars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57178069/an-article-about-rising-nascar-driver/ |accessdate=August 11, 2020 |work=El Paso Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 20, 2008}}

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.)

==SuperTruck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=27\| NASCAR SuperTruck 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 ! {{Tooltip\|NSTSC\|NASCAR SuperTruck Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
1995 ! Jimmy Dick Racing ! 79 ! Chevy \| PHO \| TUS \| SGS \| MMR \| POR \| EVG \| I70 \| LVL \| BRI \| MLW \| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"\| CNS {{small\|17}} \| HPT \| IRP \| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"\| FLM {{small\|18}} \| RCH \| MAR \| NWS \| SON \| style="background-color:#CFCFFF"\| MMR {{small\|22}} \| PHO ! 51st ! 318 !

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colspan=27| NASCAR SuperTruck 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

! {{Tooltip|NSTSC|NASCAR SuperTruck Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1995

! Jimmy Dick Racing

! 79

! Chevy

| PHO

| TUS

| SGS

| MMR

| POR

| EVG

| I70

| LVL

| BRI

| MLW

| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"| CNS
{{small|17}}

| HPT

| IRP

| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"| FLM
{{small|18}}

| RCH

| MAR

| NWS

| SON

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF"| MMR
{{small|22}}

| PHO

! 51st

! 318

==Winston West Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=21\| NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Tooltip\|NWWSC\|NASCAR Winston West Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
1993 ! rowspan=2\| Diaz Racing ! rowspan=2\| 77 ! rowspan=2\| Chevy \| TWS \| MMR \| SGS \| SON \| TUS \| SHA \| EVG \| POR \| CBS \| SSS \| style="background-color:#FFDF9F"\| CAJ {{small\|8}} \| TCR \| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"\| MMR {{small\|14}} \| PHO ! 32nd ! 263 ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/dickji01/1993/P\|title=Jimmy Dick – 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|accessdate=}}
1994 \| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"\| MMR {{small\|17}} \| style="background-color:#DFDFDF"\| TUS {{small\|5}} \| SON \| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"\| SGS {{small\|16}} \| YAK \| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"\| MMR {{small\|17}} \| POR \| IND \| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"\| CAJ {{small\|16}} \| TCR \| LVS \| MMR \| PHO \| TUS ! 25th ! 609 ! {{cite web\|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/dickji01/1994/P\|title=Jimmy Dick – 1994 NASCAR Winston West Series Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC\|accessdate=}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=21| NASCAR Winston West Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|NWWSC|NASCAR Winston West Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1993

! rowspan=2| Diaz Racing

! rowspan=2| 77

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| TWS

| MMR

| SGS

| SON

| TUS

| SHA

| EVG

| POR

| CBS

| SSS

| style="background-color:#FFDF9F"| CAJ
{{small|8}}

| TCR

| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"| MMR
{{small|14}}

| PHO

! 32nd

! 263

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/dickji01/1993/P|title=Jimmy Dick – 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|accessdate=}}

1994

| style="background-color:#DFFFDF"| MMR
{{small|17}}

| style="background-color:#DFDFDF"| TUS
{{small|5}}

| SON

| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"| SGS
{{small|16}}

| YAK

| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"| MMR
{{small|17}}

| POR

| IND

| style="background-color:#EFCFFF"| CAJ
{{small|16}}

| TCR

| LVS

| MMR

| PHO

| TUS

! 25th

! 609

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/dickji01/1994/P|title=Jimmy Dick – 1994 NASCAR Winston West Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|accessdate=}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:1957 births

Category:Businesspeople from Texas

Category:Racing drivers from El Paso, Texas

Category:NASCAR drivers