Eric Curran

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.[1] 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.

Eric Curran
Teammate João Barbosa pours champagne on Eric Curran in celebration of Eric's first win in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Born	(1975-06-08) 8 June 1975 Sarasota, Florida, United States
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Action Express Racing
Car number	31
Engine	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
Co-driver	Dane Cameron
Championships	1 (in 2016)
Wins	5
Best finish	1st (Chevrolet Sports Car Classic[1]) in 2015
Previous 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
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Car no., team	53
Best finish	34 (2012)
First race	2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Pres. by Dodge (Montreal)[2]
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

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.)

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	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	GLN 34	CGV 37	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	17	[4]

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

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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	SIR 12	LBH 10	LS 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	SIR 5	LBH 4	LS 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	SIR 2	LBH 3	LS 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 10^1	MSP 1	ELK 4	LS 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	MOS 8	DET 1	WGL 7	MSP 3	ELK 3	LS 5	PET 8		1st	277
2019	Whelen Engineering Racing	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 1	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL 7	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 1		13th	126

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

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Eric Curran".
3. J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website".
4. "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.

External links

• Eric Curran driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• http://ericcurran.com/
• http://axracing.com/