Eric Curran

Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975[3]) is an American race car driver who competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing with co-driver Felipe Nasr. Curran and previous co-driver Dane Cameron won their first race together, the Chevrolet SportsCar Classic, in the Whelen Engineering Team Fox Corvette DP on May 30, 2015.[1] He has 3 wins and 4 poles in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Curran joined Whelen motorsports in 2007. Curran won the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018.

Eric Curran
Teammate João Barbosa pours champagne on Eric Curran in celebration of Eric's first win in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Born (1975-06-08) 8 June 1975
Sarasota, Florida, United States
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamAction Express Racing
Car number31
EngineCadillac 6.2 L V8
Co-driver Dane Cameron
Championships1 (in 2016)
Wins5
Best finish1st (Chevrolet Sports Car Classic[1]) in 2015
Previous series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Pirelli World Challenge
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
NASCAR Nationwide Series
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Car no., team53
Best finish34 (2012)
First race2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Pres. by Dodge (Montreal)[2]
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Motorsports career results

Nationwide Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Nationwide 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NNSC Pts Ref
2012 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN
34
CGV
37
BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 85th 17 [4]

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1999Mid-OhioChevrolet CamaroChevroletA Sedan15Running
2010Road AmericaChevrolet CamaroChevroletA SedanDSQ6Disqualified

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 Diablo Racing Tom Scheuren
Rick Dilorio
Todd Snyder
Mayo T. Smith
Chevrolet Camaro AGT 303 DNF DNF
2001 Diablo Racing Tom Scheuren
Todd Snyder
Mayo T. Smith
Chevrolet Camaro AGT 125 DNF DNF
2008 Farnbacher Loles Racing Pierre Kaffer
Frank Stippler
Dave Lacey
Greg Wilkins
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 637 22nd 12th
2011 Banner Racing Bruce Ledoux
Gunter Schaldach
Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Camaro GT.R GT 398 DNF DNF
2012 Stevenson Motorsports Matt Bell
Al Carter
Hugh Plumb
Chevrolet Camaro GT.R GT 577 DNF DNF
2013 Marsh Racing Lawson Aschenbach
Brandon Davis
Boris Said
Chevrolet Corvette GT 136 DNF DNF
2014 Marsh Racing Boris Said
Max Papis
Bradley Smith
Coyote Corvette DP P 613 41st 10th
2015 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron
Max Papis
Phil Keen
Coyote Corvette DP P 721 6th 4th
2016 Action Express Racing Dane Cameron
Simon Pagenaud
Jonathan Adam
Coyote Corvette DP P 724 6th 6th
2017 Whelen Engineering Racing Dane Cameron
Mike Conway
Seb Morris
Cadillac DPi-V.R P 639 14th 6th
2018 Whelen Engineering Racing Mike Conway
Stuart Middleton
Felipe Nasr
Cadillac DPi-V.R P 808 2nd 2nd
2019 Whelen Engineering Racing Felipe Nasr
Pipo Derani
Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 593 2nd 2nd

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Marsh Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
10
SIR
12
LBH
10
LS
6
DET
10
WGL
6
MSP
DNS
IMS
11
ELK
5
COA
8
PET
5
13th 175
2015 Action Express Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
4
SIR
5
LBH
4
LS
5
DET
1
WGL
4
MSP
2
ELK
1
COA
5
PET
3
3rd 304
2016 Action Express Racing P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
6
SIR
2
LBH
3
LS
3
DET
6
WGL
2
MSP
1
ELK
1
COA
2
PET
4
1st 314
2017 Whelen Engineering Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 DAY
6
SEB
3
LBH
8
COA
2
DET
2
WGL
101
MSP
1
ELK
4
LS
2
PET
2
2nd 291
2018 Whelen Engineering Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
3
LBH
7
MOS
8
DET
1
WGL
7
MSP
3
ELK
3
LS
5
PET
8
1st 277
2019 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
1
LBH
MDO
DET
WGL
7
MOS
ELK
LGA
PET
1
13th 126
  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Eric Curran".
  3. J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website".
  4. "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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