Eric Curran
{{short description|American racing driver}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Eric Curran
| image = EricCurranCelebrates1stVictory.jpg
| caption = Teammate João Barbosa pours champagne on Eric Curran in celebration of Eric's first win in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
| nationality = {{flag|USA|name=American}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sarasota, Florida, United States
| current series = United SportsCar Championship
| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold
| first year = 2014
| current team = Action Express Racing
| car number = 31
| best finish = 1st (Chevrolet Sports Car Classic{{cite web |url=http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_TUDORChampionship_Detroit_OfficialResults.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065921/http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_TUDORChampionship_Detroit_OfficialResults.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-04 }})
| year = 2015
| wins = 5
| championships = 1 (in 2016)
| codriver = {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron
| prev 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
{{Infobox NASCAR driver
| embed=yes
| Total_Busch_Races = 2
| Years_In_Busch = 1
| Busch_Car_Team = 53
| Prev_Busch_Pos =
| Prev_Busch_Year = 2012
| Best_Busch_Pos = 34 (2012)
| First_Busch_Race = 2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
| Last_Busch_Race = 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Pres. by Dodge (Montreal){{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/rquery?id=curraer01&trk=t0&series=B|title=Eric Curran}}
| First_Busch_Win =
| Last_Busch_Win =
| Busch_Wins = 0
| Busch_Top_Tens = 0
| Busch_Poles = 0
}}
}}
Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975{{cite web|url=http://ericcurran.com/bio.php|title=Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website|author=J.C. Watson|access-date=2015-06-03|archive-date=2015-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065914/http://ericcurran.com/bio.php|url-status=dead}}) 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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! colspan="42" | 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 ! {{Tooltip|NNSC|NASCAR Nationwide Series classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |
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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 | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM ! 85th ! 17 |
=SCCA National Championship Runoffs=
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Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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1999 | Mid-Ohio | Chevrolet Camaro | Chevrolet | A Sedan | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 | 5 | Running |
2010 | Road America | Chevrolet Camaro | Chevrolet | A Sedan | DSQ | 6 | Disqualified |
=24 Hours of Daytona results=
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style="background:#ABBBDD;"
! Year ! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
2000
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Diablo Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Scheuren |align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro | AGT | 303 | DNF | DNF |
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2001
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Diablo Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Scheuren |align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro | AGT | 125 | DNF | DNF |
2008
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Farnbacher Loles Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Pierre Kaffer |align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 637 | 22nd | 12th |
2011
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Banner Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Ledoux |align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | GT | 398 | DNF | DNF |
2012
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Stevenson Motorsports |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Bell |align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | GT | 577 | DNF | DNF |
2013
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Marsh Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Lawson Aschenbach |align="left"| Chevrolet Corvette | GT | 136 | DNF | DNF |
2014
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Marsh Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Boris Said |align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP | P | 613 | 41st | 10th |
2015
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Action Express Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron |align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP | P | 721 | 6th | 4th |
2016
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Action Express Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron |align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP | P | 724 | 6th | 6th |
2017
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Whelen Engineering Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron |align="left"| Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 639 | 14th | 6th |
2018
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Whelen Engineering Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway |align="left"| Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 808 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
2019
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Whelen Engineering Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Nasr |align="left"| Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 593 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
=WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
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! Year ! Team ! Class ! Make ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Rank ! Points |
2014
! P |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY |style="background:#efcfff;"| SEB |style="background:#efcfff;"| LBH |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA |style="background:#efcfff;"| DET |style="background:#dfffdf;"| WGL |style="background:#ffffff;"| MSP |style="background:#efcfff;"| IMS |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ELK |style="background:#dfffdf;"| COA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET ! 13th ! 175 |
2015
! P |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SEB |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LBH |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DET |style="background:#dfffdf;"| WGL |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MSP |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ELK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PET | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|304 |
2016
! P |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SEB |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LBH |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LGA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DET |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WGL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MSP |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ELK |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| COA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET | |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 314 |
2017
! P ! Cadillac DPi-V.R ! Cadillac 6.2 L V8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SEB |style="background:#efcfff;"| LBH |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| COA |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DET |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LGA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PET | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 291 |
2018
! P ! Cadillac DPi-V.R ! Cadillac 5.5 L V8 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DAY |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SEB |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LBH |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MDO |style="background:#ffffbf;"| DET |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MSP |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ELK |style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 277 |
2019
! DPi ! Cadillac 5.5 L V8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SEB | LBH | MDO | DET |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PET | ! 13th ! 126 |
colspan="18" |Source:{{Cite web |title=Eric Curran Results |url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/eric-curran/results |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=motorsportstats.com}} |
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- 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Eric_Curran}}
- http://ericcurran.com/
- http://axracing.com/
{{United SportsCar Championship champions}}
{{12 Hours of Sebring winners}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curran, Eric}}
Category:WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
Category:24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Category:12 Hours of Sebring drivers
Category:Racing drivers from Florida
Category:SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners