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

| engine = Cadillac 6.2 L V8

| 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.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! 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

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
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CGV
37

| BRI

| ATL

| RCH

| CHI

| KEN

| DOV

| CLT

| KAN

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 85th

! 17

! {{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/curraer01/2012/B|title=Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series|website=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=March 26, 2020}}

=SCCA National Championship Runoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1999Mid-OhioChevrolet CamaroChevroletA Sedanstyle="background:#FFFFBF;"| 15Running
2010Road AmericaChevrolet CamaroChevroletA SedanDSQ6Disqualified

=24 Hours of Daytona results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
style="background:#ABBBDD;"

! Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

2000

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Diablo Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Scheuren
{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Dilorio
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Snyder
{{flagicon|USA}} Mayo T. Smith

|align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro

| AGT

| 303

| DNF

| DNF

2001

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Diablo Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Scheuren
{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Snyder
{{flagicon|USA}} Mayo T. Smith

|align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro

| AGT

| 125

| DNF

| DNF

2008

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Farnbacher Loles Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Pierre Kaffer
{{flagicon|DEU}} Frank Stippler
{{flagicon|CAN}} Dave Lacey
{{flagicon|CAN}} Greg Wilkins

|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

| GT

| 637

| 22nd

| 12th

2011

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Banner Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Ledoux
{{flagicon|USA}} Gunter Schaldach
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Gavin

|align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro GT.R

| GT

| 398

| DNF

| DNF

2012

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Stevenson Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Bell
{{flagicon|USA}} Al Carter
{{flagicon|USA}} Hugh Plumb

|align="left"| Chevrolet Camaro GT.R

| GT

| 577

| DNF

| DNF

2013

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Marsh Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Lawson Aschenbach
{{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Davis
{{flagicon|USA}} Boris Said

|align="left"| Chevrolet Corvette

| GT

| 136

| DNF

| DNF

2014

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Marsh Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Boris Said
{{flagicon|ITA}} Max Papis
{{flagicon|GBR}} Bradley Smith

|align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP

| P

| 613

| 41st

| 10th

2015

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Action Express Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron
{{flagicon|ITA}} Max Papis
{{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Keen

|align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP

| P

| 721

| 6th

| 4th

2016

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Action Express Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron
{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jonathan Adam

|align="left"| Coyote Corvette DP

| P

| 724

| 6th

| 6th

2017

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Whelen Engineering Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Cameron
{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway
{{flagicon|GBR}} Seb Morris

|align="left"| Cadillac DPi-V.R

| P

| 639

| 14th

| 6th

2018

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Whelen Engineering Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway
{{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Middleton
{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Nasr

|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
{{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani

|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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! 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

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
10

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SEB
12

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LBH
10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA
6

|style="background:#efcfff;"| DET
10

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WGL
6

|style="background:#ffffff;"| MSP
DNS

|style="background:#efcfff;"| IMS
11

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ELK
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| COA
8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET
5

! 13th

! 175

2015

! Action Express Racing

! P

! Coyote Corvette DP

! Chevrolet 5.5L V8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
4

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SEB
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LBH
4

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA
5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DET
1

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WGL
4

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MSP
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ELK
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COA
5

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PET
3

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|3rd

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|304

2016

! Action Express Racing

! P

! Coyote Corvette DP

! Chevrolet 5.5L V8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
6

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SEB
2

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LBH
3

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| LGA
3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DET
6

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| WGL
2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MSP
1

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ELK
1

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| COA
2

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET
4

|

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 314

2017

! Whelen Engineering Racing

! P

! Cadillac DPi-V.R

! Cadillac 6.2 L V8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
6

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SEB
3

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LBH
8

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| COA
2

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DET
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL
101

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MOS
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK
4

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LGA
2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PET
2

|

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 291

2018

! Whelen Engineering Racing

! P

! Cadillac DPi-V.R

! Cadillac 5.5 L V8

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DAY
2

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SEB
3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LBH
7

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MDO
8

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| DET
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL
7

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MSP
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ELK
3

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LGA
5

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET
8

|

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 277

2019

! Whelen Engineering Racing

! DPi

! Cadillac DPi-V.R

! Cadillac 5.5 L V8

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SEB
{{small|1}}

| LBH

| MDO

| DET

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL
{{small|7}}

| MOS

| ELK

| LGA

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PET
{{small|1}}

|

! 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}}

  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.

References

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