Eric Curran

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Eric Curran
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Teammate João Barbosa pours champagne on Eric Curran in celebration of Eric's first win in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  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 Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number31
Engine Cadillac 6.2 L V8
Co-driver Flag of the United States.svg 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]
WinsTop tens Poles
000

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.

Contents

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NNSCPtsRef
2012 NDS Motorsports53 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 85th17 [4]

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1999 Mid-Ohio Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet A Sedan15Running
2010 Road America Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet A SedanDSQ6Disqualified

24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Diablo Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tom Scheuren
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Dilorio
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Snyder
Flag of the United States.svg Mayo T. Smith		 Chevrolet Camaro AGT303DNFDNF
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Diablo Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tom Scheuren
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Snyder
Flag of the United States.svg Mayo T. Smith		 Chevrolet Camaro AGT125DNFDNF
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles Racing Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Stippler
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dave Lacey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Wilkins		 Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT63722nd12th
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Banner Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Ledoux
Flag of the United States.svg Gunter Schaldach
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin 		Chevrolet Camaro GT.RGT398DNFDNF
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Stevenson Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Matt Bell
Flag of the United States.svg Al Carter
Flag of the United States.svg Hugh Plumb		 Chevrolet Camaro GT.RGT577DNFDNF
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Marsh Racing Flag of the United States.svg Lawson Aschenbach
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Davis
Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said 		Chevrolet Corvette GT136DNFDNF
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Marsh Racing Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Smith 		Coyote Corvette DP P61341st10th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Keen		 Coyote Corvette DP P7216th4th
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Adam 		Coyote Corvette DP P7246th6th
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dane Cameron
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Seb Morris 		Cadillac DPi-V.R P63914th6th
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Middleton
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr 		Cadillac DPi-V.R P8082nd2nd
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Whelen Engineering Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr
Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani 		Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi5932nd2nd

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
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		13th175
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		3rd304
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		1st314
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		2nd291
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		1st277
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		13th126
Source: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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