Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975) 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. 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.)
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| 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 | GLN34 | CGV37 | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 85th | 17 | 3 | ||
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
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 | DAY10 | SEB12 | LBH10 | LGA6 | DET10 | WGL6 | MSPDNS | IMS11 | ELK5 | COA8 | PET5 | 13th | 175 |
| 2015 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY4 | SEB5 | LBH4 | LGA5 | DET1 | WGL4 | MSP2 | ELK 1 | COA5 | PET3 | 3rd | 304 | |
| 2016 | Action Express Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY6 | SEB2 | LBH3 | LGA3 | DET6 | WGL2 | MSP1 | ELK1 | COA2 | PET4 | 1st | 314 | |
| 2017 | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 6.2 L V8 | DAY6 | SEB3 | LBH8 | COA2 | DET2 | WGL101 | MOS1 | ELK4 | LGA2 | PET2 | 2nd | 291 | |
| 2018 | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY2 | SEB3 | LBH7 | MDO8 | DET1 | WGL7 | MSP3 | ELK3 | LGA5 | PET8 | 1st | 277 | |
| 2019 | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY2 | SEB1 | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL7 | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET1 | 13th | 126 | |
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- 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.
External links
- Eric Curran driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- http://ericcurran.com/
- http://axracing.com/
References
J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website". Archived from the original on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065914/http://ericcurran.com/bio.php ↩
"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) https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065921/http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_TUDORChampionship_Detroit_OfficialResults.pdf ↩
"Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020. https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/curraer01/2012/B ↩
"Eric Curran Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023. https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/eric-curran/results ↩