Eric Curran Explained

Eric Curran

Nationality:

United States

Birth Date:

8 June 1975

Birth Place:

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Current Series:

United SportsCar Championship

Racing Licence:

FIA Gold

First Year:

2014

Current Team:

Action Express Racing

Car Number:

Engine:

Cadillac 6.2 L V8

Best Finish:

1st (Chevrolet Sports Car Classic^[1])

Year:

2015

Wins:

Championships:

1 (in 2016)

Codriver:

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

Embed:	yes
Total Busch Races:	2
Years In Busch:	1
Busch Car Team:	53
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)^[2]
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	0
Busch Poles:	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. 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.)

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1999				A Sedan	1	5	Running
2010				A Sedan	DSQ	6	Disqualified

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2000	Diablo Racing	Tom Scheuren Rick Dilorio Todd Snyder Mayo T. Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	AGT	303	DNF	DNF
2001	Diablo Racing	Tom Scheuren Todd Snyder Mayo T. Smith	Chevrolet Camaro	AGT	125	DNF	DNF
2008	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Pierre Kaffer Frank Stippler Dave Lacey Greg Wilkins	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	637	22nd	12th
2011	Banner Racing	Bruce Ledoux Gunter Schaldach Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	GT	398	DNF	DNF
2012	Stevenson Motorsports	Matt Bell Al Carter Hugh Plumb	Chevrolet Camaro GT.R	GT	577	DNF	DNF
2013	Marsh Racing	Lawson Aschenbach Brandon Davis Boris Said	Chevrolet Corvette	GT	136	DNF	DNF
2014	Marsh Racing	Boris Said Max Papis Bradley Smith	Coyote Corvette DP	P	613	41st	10th
2015	Action Express Racing	Dane Cameron Max Papis Phil Keen	Coyote Corvette DP	P	721	6th	4th
2016	Action Express Racing	Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud Jonathan Adam	Coyote Corvette DP	P	724	6th	6th
2017	Whelen Engineering Racing	Dane Cameron Mike Conway Seb Morris	Cadillac DPi-V.R	P	639	14th	6th
2018	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Stuart Middleton Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	P	808	2nd	2nd
2019	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr 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	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	*PET*		13th	126
Source:^[5]

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

External links

- http://ericcurran.com/
http://axracing.com/

Notes and References

Web site: Archived copy . 2015-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065921/http://www.imsa.com/sites/default/files/race_result_files/2015_TUDORChampionship_Detroit_OfficialResults.pdf . 2015-06-04 .
Web site: Eric Curran.
Web site: Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website. J.C. Watson. 2015-06-03. 2015-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150604065914/http://ericcurran.com/bio.php. dead.
Web site: Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 26, 2020.
Web site: Eric Curran Results . October 26, 2023 . motorsportstats.com.