Eric Curran

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.
Nationality	American
Born	8 June 1975 (age 51); Sarasota, Florida, United States
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Action Express Racing
Categorisation	FIA Gold
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) 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 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
	2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	85th (2012)
First race	2012 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race	2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)

Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975) 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 three wins and four 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.)

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

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	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	MOH 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 2	SEB 1	LBH	MOH	DET	WGL 7	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 1		13th	126
Source:

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

References

1 2 "2015 TUDOR Championship Detroit Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
↑ "Eric Curran".
↑ J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website". Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
↑ "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
↑ "Eric Curran Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

External links

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

[imsa.com-1] 1 2 "2015 TUDOR Championship Detroit Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

[2] "Eric Curran".

[3] J.C. Watson. "Eric Curran #31 Racing, Official Website". Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

[4] "Eric Curran – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2020.

[5] "Eric Curran Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

v t e Champions of the IMSA SportsCar Championship
Prototype/GTP	2014 João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi 2015 João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi 2016 Dane Cameron Eric Curran 2017 Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor 2018 Eric Curran Felipe Nasr 2019 Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya 2020 Hélio Castroneves Ricky Taylor 2021 Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr 2022 Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis 2023 Pipo Derani Alexander Sims 2024 Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr 2025 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet
LMP2	2019 Matt McMurry 2020 Patrick Kelly 2021 Mikkel Jensen Ben Keating 2022 John Farano 2023 Ben Keating Paul-Loup Chatin 2024 Nick Boulle Tom Dillmann 2025 Dane Cameron P. J. Hyett
LMP3	2021 Gar Robinson 2022 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 2023 Gar Robinson
Prototype Challenge	2014 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 2015 Jon Bennett Colin Braun 2016 Alex Popow Renger van der Zande 2017 James French Pato O'Ward
GT Le Mans	2014 Kuno Wittmer 2015 Patrick Pilet 2016 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner 2017 Antonio García Jan Magnussen 2018 Antonio García Jan Magnussen 2019 Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor 2020 Antonio García Jordan Taylor 2021 Antonio García Jordan Taylor
GT Daytona Pro	2022 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 2023 Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth 2024 Laurin Heinrich 2025 Antonio García Alexander Sims
GT Daytona	2014 Dane Cameron 2015 Townsend Bell Bill Sweedler 2016 Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen 2017 Alessandro Balzan Christina Nielsen 2018 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 2019 Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman 2020 Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry 2021 Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor 2022 Roman De Angelis 2023 Bryan Sellers Madison Snow 2024 Philip Ellis Russell Ward 2025 Philip Ellis Russell Ward

v t e Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring
Six-time	Tom Kristensen
Five-time	Rinaldo Capello
Four-time	Frank Biela Pipo Derani Allan McNish
Three-time	Mario Andretti Felipe Nasr Hans-Joachim Stuck Marco Werner
Two-time	Bob Akin Sébastien Bourdais Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Loïc Duval Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson Nicolas Lapierre JJ Lehto Alex Lynn Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Jordan Taylor Eric van de Poele Johannes van Overbeek Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters
One-time	Aïello Aitken Alboreto Andlauer Baker Baldi Bamber Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bomarito Bonnier Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Curran Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Delétraz Dumas Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Heinrich Helmick Herbert Herta Heyer Hunter-Reay Jani Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul Jr. Paul Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Sims Surtees Tandy R. Taylor W. Taylor Theys Tincknell Tréluyer Vaccarella Vanthoor Vautier Wollek Woods Wurz

v t e Winners of the Petit Le Mans
Five-time	Rinaldo Capello
Four-time	Allan McNish
Three-time	Franck Montagny Emanuele Pirro Stéphane Sarrazin Renger van der Zande
Two-time	Frank Biela Tom Blomqvist Hélio Castroneves Scott Dixon Neel Jani Oliver Jarvis JJ Lehto Nico Prost Jordan Taylor
One-time	Aitken Alboreto Angelelli Bamber Belicchi Bernard Bomarito Bourdais Braun Briscoe Campbell Collard Curran Derani Estre Heidfeld Herbert Hunter-Reay Kristensen Lamy Lietz Nasr Negri Jr. Pilet Pla van de Poele Sharp Tandy R. Taylor Tincknell Vanthoor Vesti Wallace Werner Wurz