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Eric Curran
Teammate João Barbosa pours champagne on Eric Curran in celebration of Eric's first win in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Nationality  American
Born (1975-06-08) 8 June 1975 (age 48)
Sarasota, Florida, United States
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Action Express Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number31
Engine Cadillac 6.2 L V8
Co-driver United States 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 race 2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen ( Watkins Glen)
Last race 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Pres. by Dodge ( Montreal) [2]
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

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.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1999 Mid-Ohio Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet A Sedan 1 5 Running
2010 Road America Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet A Sedan DSQ 6 Disqualified

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2000 United States Diablo Racing United States Tom Scheuren
United States Rick Dilorio
United States Todd Snyder
United States Mayo T. Smith 		Chevrolet Camaro AGT 303 DNF DNF
2001 United States Diablo Racing United States Tom Scheuren
United States Todd Snyder
United States Mayo T. Smith 		Chevrolet Camaro AGT 125 DNF DNF
2008 United States Farnbacher Loles Racing Germany Pierre Kaffer
Germany Frank Stippler
Canada Dave Lacey
Canada Greg Wilkins 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 637 22nd 12th
2011 United States Banner Racing United States Bruce Ledoux
United States Gunter Schaldach
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 		Chevrolet Camaro GT.R GT 398 DNF DNF
2012 United States Stevenson Motorsports United States Matt Bell
United States Al Carter
United States Hugh Plumb 		Chevrolet Camaro GT.R GT 577 DNF DNF
2013 United States Marsh Racing United States Lawson Aschenbach
United States Brandon Davis
United States Boris Said 		Chevrolet Corvette GT 136 DNF DNF
2014 United States Marsh Racing United States Boris Said
Italy Max Papis
United Kingdom Bradley Smith 		Coyote Corvette DP P 613 41st 10th
2015 United States Action Express Racing United States Dane Cameron
Italy Max Papis
United Kingdom Phil Keen 		Coyote Corvette DP P 721 6th 4th
2016 United States Action Express Racing United States Dane Cameron
France Simon Pagenaud
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 		Coyote Corvette DP P 724 6th 6th
2017 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United States Dane Cameron
United Kingdom Mike Conway
United Kingdom Seb Morris 		Cadillac DPi-V.R P 639 14th 6th
2018 United States Whelen Engineering Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
United Kingdom Stuart Middleton
Brazil Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R P 808 2nd 2nd
2019 United States Whelen Engineering Racing Brazil Felipe Nasr
Brazil 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 		SEB
12 		LBH
10 		LGA
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 		SEB
5 		LBH
4 		LGA
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 		SEB
2 		LBH
3 		LGA
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 		MOS
1 		ELK
4 		LGA
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 		MDO
8 		DET
1 		WGL
7 		MSP
3 		ELK
3 		LGA
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
Source: [5]
  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  2. ^ "Eric Curran".
  3. ^ J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website". Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  4. ^ "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Eric Curran Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

External links

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