Viva Motorsports has officially announced a cease in operations effective immediately.

A Facebook post on Monday, June 1, from the car chief of the No. 55 Viva Auto Group Chevrolet revealed the team, which started racing in 2009, would be closing their doors in the coming days. Saturday’s event at Michigan International Speedway was their final XFINITY Series race.

“It’s a shame because we have a really good race team,” one team member told Popular Speed last week. “We had great potential to be a very competitive team.”

Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the No. 55 Fronius / Auto Group Chevrolet in Saturday’s Great Clips 250, but finished 34th following two accidents. He had driven for the team on five previous occasions this year with a season-best finish of 12th coming at Talladega. Brandon Gdovic drove the car at Texas and Richmond.

The single car operation owned and primarily driven by Jamie Dick has fought an uphill battle in 2015. In March, Dick, 26, was diagnosed with new onset diabetes and did not compete until Iowa Speedway last month.

But his return was met with misfortune as the team suffered major damage to one of their Chevrolets from a piece of tungsten. Dick was uninjured when a loose piece of tungsten went through his windshield during opening practice, hit his helmet and then cut a piece of the car’s roll bar.

“It takes a tremendous level of commitment to compete at this level of auto racing, especially when striving to get better on limited resources, week in and week out. It has come to a point where my family and I cannot continue to make the personal and financial commitments that this sport requires,” said Dick in a team release. “I have always been proud of the quality of race team we brought to the track. Instead of lessening that quality, we decided to take a step back from the sport.”

“I want to thank the whole NASCAR community for allowing me to be part of the family,” Dick continued. “I want to thank our sponsors and our fans for all the support through the years. But most of all, I want to thank the employees of Viva Motorsports, both past and present, for making this team the best it could be.”

All team assets of the No. 55 have been sold the team also announced.

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