Eric Lux (racing driver) explained

Birth Date:22 March 1988
Birth Place:Buffalo, New York
Eric Lux
Nationality: American
Racing Licence: FIA Bronze
Current Team:DragonSpeed
Current Series:WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Poles:6
Starts:136
Championships:1
Wins:10
Podiums:29
Awards:IMSA Rookie of The Year
Year:2019
Prev Series:American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series

Eric Lux was one of the first 16-year-old drivers to finish the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and the youngest winner in the Rolex Sports Car Series.[1] Eric is an American businessman and race car driver. He continues to race part-time at a professional level in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. In 2022, Eric and teammates Pato O'Ward, Colton Herta, and Devlin DeFrancesco won the 60th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona in the Le Mans Prototype 2 category for DragonSpeed.

2005–2011 Rolex Sports Car Series.

2008–2008 NASCAR Camping World Series.

2010–2013 IMSA American Le Mans Series.

2013–2013 FIA World Endurance Championship.

2014–2014 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

2015–2015 SRO GT World Challenge Series.

2017–2019 SRO GT World Challenge Series.

2018–Present IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Motorsports Career

NASCAR

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014Starworks MotorsportPCOreca FLM09Chevrolet 6.2 L V8DAY
26th51
8 Star MotorsportsPCOreca FLM09Chevrolet 6.2 L V8SEBLGAKANWGLIMSELKVIRAUSATL
2018BAR1 MotorsportsPRiley Mk. 30Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
SEBLBHMDODETWGLMOSELKLGAPET59th17
2019PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAYSEBMOHWGLMOSELKLGAATL7th70
2020Precision Performance MotorsportsGTDLamborghini Huracán GT3 EvoLamborghini 5.2 L V10DAY
DAYSEBELKVIRATLMOHCLTATLLGASEB58th16
2021DragonSpeed USALMP2Oreca 07Gibson Technology GK428 V8DAY
SEBWGLWGLELKLGAATL11th322
2022DragonSpeed USALMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 V8DAY
SEB
LGA
MDO
WGL
ELK
PET
NC†0†
2023Rick Ware RacingLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
SEB
MON
WGL
ELK
IMSPET
17th770
2024DragonSpeed USALMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 V8DAYSEBWGLMOSELKIMSATL
Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
2005 Team Sahlen Ronald Zitza
Bradley Blum
Wes Allen
Victor Gonzalez Jr.
Porsche 996 GT3 CupGT63721st9th
2006 Tafel Racing Andrew Davis
Charles Espenlaub
Jim Tafel
Michael Cawley
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT63425th12th
2007 Tafel Racing Wolf Henzler
Dominik Farnbacher
Jim Tafel
Riley Mk XlGT54439th20th
2008 Team Seattle/Farnbacher Loles Racing Leh Keen
Sascha Maassen
Wolf Henzler
Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT58033rd19th
2009 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher
Matthew Marsh
Kevin Roush
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT68813th5th
2010 JLowe Racing Jim Lowe
Jim Pace
Tim Sugden
James Walker
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT10042nd27th
2011 Bullet Racing Darryl O'Young
James Walker
Brian Wong
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT32841st25th
2014 Starworks Motorsport Renger van der Zande
Sam Bird
Mirco Schultis
Oreca FLM09PC65924th5th
2018 BAR1 Motorsports Marc Drumwright
Brendan Gaughan
Alex Popow
Riley Mk. 30P64242nd14th
2020 Precision Performance Motorsports Brandon Gdovic
Johnathan Hoggard
Mark Kvamme
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EvoGTD60834th15th
2021 DragonSpeed USA Devlin DeFrancesco
Christopher Mies
Fabian Schiller
Oreca 07LMP27839th3rd

24 Hours of Le Mans Result

Notes and References

  1. http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=magazine&mag_id=8886_1 Eric Lux, 16-year old Buffalo boy, could be youngest driver ever to finish Rolex
  2. Web site: Driver Eric Lux 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results - Racing-Reference.info. 2021-02-04. www.racing-reference.info.