Eric Curran

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 no. 31
Engine Cadillac 6.2 L V8
Co-driver United States 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

Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975[3]) is an American race car driver who competes in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing with co-driver Dane Cameron. Curran and 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.

Motorsports results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1999Mid-OhioChevrolet CamaroChevroletA Sedan15Running
2010Road AmericaChevrolet CamaroChevroletA SedanDSQ6Disqualified

24 Hours of Daytona results

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

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Marsh Racing Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype Chevrolet 5.5L V8 P DAY
10
SIR
12
LBH
10
LS
6
DET
10
WGL
6
MSP
DNS
IMS
11
ELK
5
COA
8
PET
5
20th 175
2015 Action Express Racing Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype Chevrolet 5.5L V8 P DAY
4
SIR
5
LBH
4
LS
5
DET
1
WGL
4
MSP
2
ELK
1
COA
5
PET
ovr:5
cls:3
3rd 304
2016 Action Express Racing Coyote Corvette Daytona Prototype Chevrolet 5.5L V8 P DAY
6
SIR
2
LBH
3
LS
3
DET
6
WGL
2
MSP
1
ELK
1
COA
2
PET
4
1st 314
2017 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 P DAY
6
SEB
3
LBH
8
COA
2
DET
2
WGL
101
MSP
1
ELK
4
LS
2
PET
2
2nd 291
2018 Action Express Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 P DAY
2
SEB
3
LBH
7
MOS
8
DET
1
WGL
7
MSP
3
ELK
3
LS
5
PET 1st 255
  • 1 – Relegated to last in class for violation of minimum drive time requirements.

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. "Eric Curran".
  3. J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website".
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